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Resources for Parenting Teens

Lets Educate About Drugs (LEAD)

Community Health Centre

3rd Floor, 5000 Joyce Avenue, V8A 5R3

Susan Hill  604 485 3300   Alternate   604 485 4415

A drugs and alcohol education and prevention committee whose goals are to be involved in projects which, in a creative and positive way, educate youth to enable them to make healthy informed choices.

Link Library

Website

An extensive online resource for parents with links to other websites by category.  Scroll down to see the category or use the alphabet links to find a particular subject.

Online Parenting Communities

Website

Discussion board to get help from other parents.

Options for Sexual Health

4313B Alberta Avenue, V8A 5G7

Messages:  604 485 9690
Facts of Life Line:1 800 739 7367

Hours: Weekdays 9:00 am - 9:00 pm  Saturdays 10:00 - 2:00
Clinics: Thursdays 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Powell River Community Health Centre
3rd Floor – General Hospital, 5000 Joyce Avenue

Website

Confidential birth control counselling, supplies and related services.  Facts of Life phone line is a toll-free confidential information line staffed by volunteers and with nurse on hand at all times.  

Information available regarding relationships, sexuality, birth control methods, pregnancy options, AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases. Strict confidentiality.

Parent-Teen Mediation Services

Child, Youth & Family Services Society (CYFSS)   Website   Email
#202, 7373 Duncan Street V8A 1W6
604 485 3090   Fax: 604 485 4215

Office Hours: 8:30 - 4:30 Monday to Friday

Referrals for anger management, teen-to-teen mediation, and parent-teen mediation; open referral and service to School District #47.

Parents Together Program

Child, Youth & Family Services Society (CYFSS)  Website   Email
#202, 7373 Duncan Street V8A 1W6
604 485 3090   Fax: 604 485 4215
Office Hours: 8:30 - 4:30 Monday to Friday

A weekly group for parents of acting-up teens focusing on building respect for the dignity and individuality of both the parents and the teens.  Open referral.

Youth Forensics Counselling

Child, Youth & Family Services Society  Website   Email

#202, 7373 Duncan Street V8A 1W6

604 485 3090   Fax:  604 485 4215

Counselling services for young offenders, including clinical intervention, Youth Substance Abuse Management (Y-SAM) program and
Youth Violence Intervention (Y-VIP) program.