Child Sexual Abuse Prevention and Reporting
Erin’s Law requires each school board to annually provide students with developmentally-appropriate education on recognising and reporting child sexual abuse, and to make information about prevention, support and resources available to parents/guardians.
For parents, the law means you will receive materials and guidance from your child’s school about how to talk about body-safety, safe/unsafe touch and trusted adults — as well as how to access counselling and support if abuse occurs.
Kids in the Know Resources
Kids in the Know is a national, interactive safety-education program created by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) that is designed for students from Kindergarten through high school. The goal of the program is to build children’s personal-safety skills, increase resilience (e.g., self-awareness, critical thinking, low-risk choices), reduce their likelihood of victimization in both online and offline contexts, and encourage them to seek help when needed. The parent portal offers home-activity sheets, parent guides, age-based safety checklists — which align with broader personal-safety education and parent-school communication.
Mental Health and Well-Being
Family Care Centre by Children’s Mental Health Ontario and Parents for Children’s Mental Health (PCMH). The Family Care Centre is a resource hub for parents and caregivers of children and youth with mental health challenges.
By Your Side is a parent/caregiver online resource hub and school-facing toolkit designed to support Ontario parents and caregivers in fostering their children’s mental health and well-being. By Your Side has been co-created with Ontario parents/caregivers and school mental health professionals, including extensive consultation by key stakeholder groups. It is part of a collaborative project supporting parent/caregiver mental health literacy that involves partners from First Peoples Wellness Circle, the Coalition for Child and Youth Mental Health, and Children’s Mental Health Ontario.
