Children & Youth

Children and Youth Services

This health topic provides health information and resources for every stage of your child's health and wellness from birth to age 19. 

If you are looking for services, please see Children & Youth Services

BoosterBuddy is an app that helps users manage their mental health by rewarding them for completing daily tasks that encourage positive habits.

We provide urgent & crisis services for children & youth experiencing serious emotional, behavioural or psychiatric difficulties.

The teenaged mind is only beginning to develop the ability for abstract thought processes such as considering the consequences of behaviour and planning for the future.

Island Health works as a partner with K-12 schools, school districts and community for whole school health and well-being.

You can help smooth the bumpy road of adolescence by helping youth develop respect for their bodies.

Child, Youth and Family Mental Health Services offers a range of services that will help support the young people in your life.

This section provides information on keeping  your preschooler healthy (children aged three to five). 

These resources are available to children, youth and families living in our region.

From age five to the start of adolescence, your child’s development slows and the school years follow a steady path of growing and learning. 

School-aged children grow in spurts. They will have leaps in mental and emotional development.

This section shows some of the ways you can help your child reach and maintain good health.

As they grow, children will become more independent and will need to learn to keep themselves safe.