Protective Factors Digital Toolkits: A Positive Approach to Mental Health

Answer yes or no questions about how secure you feel in your relationships, and explain why. Your young person answers the same questions, then you reflect on both sets of answers.

Rate your own emotional, physical, mental and spiritual health and write about why. Your young person does the same, then you share, discuss and each set an intention.

Four short self-affirmations about caring for yourself and healing together as a family.

Think about different seasons of life, such as change, waiting, new beginnings and pressure, and write about the challenges and coping strategies in each. Your young person does the same, then you reflect together.

Name the qualities, values, culture, accomplishments and other parts that make up who you are. Your young person does the same, then you share and talk about them together.

Reflect on how you and your young person practice agency, make decisions and speak up for yourselves, and sort a challenge into what is and is not in your control. Then share your reflections together.

Part 1 of 4 of Collective Care. With your young person, choose a cause you care about and write about why it matters to you.

Part 2 of 4 of Collective Care. Learn about your chosen cause: what you know, what you need to learn and who is already working on it.

Part 3 of 4 of Collective Care. Plan your action together: what you will do, who will help, what you need and how you will handle setbacks.

Part 4 of 4 of Collective Care. Plan how you will care for your well-being while you work on the cause, and reflect on what you learned.