Impact of the Pandemic on Youth Mental Health
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Impact of the Pandemic on Youth Mental Health

The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was especially rough for the youth. The necessitated lockdowns and isolation protocols robbed them of many experiences and opportunities that they were looking forward to. These combined factors led to a significant negative impact on their mental health.   Hence, the team at Capital Choice Counselling would like...

Back to School 2021 – Helping Your Kids Adjust
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Back to School 2021 – Helping Your Kids Adjust

  Are you and your kids ready for getting back to school? Lockdowns have been a challenge for families and children for nearly two years now, with their regular routine being completely upended.   Parents had to figure out how to balance work with helping the children study at home, while also having to deal...

Is Your Emotional Health Holding Back Your Academic Achievement?
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Is Your Emotional Health Holding Back Your Academic Achievement?

Our emotional state has a significant effect on everyday life and can be a big impact on day-to-day tasks.   Studies have shown that students who are suffering from emotional health issues tend to struggle academically as well. In fact, research and surveys suggest that mental health can directly affect grade. Hard work is not enough for...

Mental Health Benefits of Staying Active While Young
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Mental Health Benefits of Staying Active While Young

  Having an active lifestyle is a great way to keep one’s body in top shape. Many studies have found the various benefits that exercise provides. These benefits range from reducing the risk of developing diseases to keeping the body systems in perfect working order. What some people may not know, however, is that exercise...

Finding Strategies to Deal With the Back-to-School Blues
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Finding Strategies to Deal With the Back-to-School Blues

Back-to-school is often a very exciting time for students – a time when they can see their friends again, show off their new wardrobe, and take the new classes that they have been looking forward to since the summer. But school can also be a time when a young person’s depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder...

Fidget Spinners: Hardly a Solution for ADHD or Anxiety
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Fidget Spinners: Hardly a Solution for ADHD or Anxiety

Why all the fuss about fidget spinners?   This year’s summer fad, in Ottawa and around the world, isn’t an exotic toy or a video game. It’s a little, metal device that spins.   That’s right. It spins.   How much entertainment could spinning really provide, in this age of virtual reality mainstreaming and endless...

How to Maximze Your Teen’s Ability To Learn
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How to Maximze Your Teen’s Ability To Learn

The adolescent mind is a chaotic one. Not only is the brain going through a critical period of growth and transformation, but during this period is forced to learn new forms of thinking; and how to cope with new types of feelings. As adults, we have passed through the gauntlet of adolescence. Our brains have developed, and often...