Resource Kits
Resource Kits for Family and Life's Stages
To help cope with the modern complexities of life, FSEAP offers a series of Resource Kits filled with literature and self-help resources for self-study. Each kit addresses a different life stage aimed at helping individuals, couples and families better understand common issues and needs around parenting children of all ages, enhancing intimate relationships, and planning for retirement. FSEAP's Kits are great for use as materials for independent self-study, or as a helpful addition to counselling. Resource kits are currently available in English only.
Resource Kits are available on the following topics:
Family Life
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Expecting a Baby
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Your Newborn Baby (0 - 2 years)
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Parenting Your Preschooler to School-age Child (3 - 8 years)
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Parenting Your Pre-teen to Teen (9 -17 years)
Mental Health and Well-being
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Coping with Stress
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Working through Anxiety
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Coping with Low Mood and Depression
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Coping with Grief and Loss
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Beating Burnout
Life Stages
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Healthy Relationships for Couples
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Preparing for Retirement
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Financial Empowerment
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Caregiver Support
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Transition to (Peri) Menopause
For descriptions, click here.
Researched and developed by FSEAP's experts, Resource Kits:
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Offer access to some of the best, current self-help information available today,
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Contain an integrated set of easy-to-use and practical articles, tip sheets, pamphlets and booklets, reference materials, and 1-2 contemporary self-help books, and
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Include resources from respected public sources such as the BC Council for Families, MindCheck, Canadian Centre for Child Protection, Best Start, and Family Resource Program Canada.
To learn more or to order a Kit, Contact FSEAP.
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Expecting a Baby
This kit prepares mothers and families for a new infant. The contents cover topics including healthy eating, breastfeeding, your new role as a parent, attachment, and self-care.
Family Life
Caregiver Support
Resources for anyone providing care—offering practical guidance on supporting older adults, managing stress, staying organized, and accessing community resources. Designed for any stage of caregiving, this kit helps you navigate caregiving for others while also caring for yourself.
Family Life
Transition to (Peri)Menopause
Clear, practical information to support you through perimenopause and menopause. It covers common physical, emotional, and cognitive changes—such as sleep, mood, body changes, and sexual health—and provides tools, self-care strategies, and resources to support wellbeing at work and in everyday life.
Life Stages
Coping with Stress
Provides practical tools and resources to better understand stress and develop healthy coping strategies. It combines evidence-based worksheets and guided exercises with recommended reading to support stress awareness, habit change, and practical decision-making during challenging moments.
Mental Health
Coping with Grief and Loss
This package is designed to support individuals experiencing the recent loss of a loved one. The topics highlighted in the resources include processing grief, coping with emotions, facing adversity, building resiliency, and finding strength.
Mental Health
Your Newborn Baby
This package is designed to support families in the first two years of their infant’s life. The kit contains tools and information on attachment, play, breastfeeding, and more.
Family Life
Parenting Your Pre-Teen to Teen
Information on various topics related to establishing a trusting and genuine relationship with your pre-teen. Topics include puberty, development of identity, and parenting.
Family Life
Preparing for Retirement
Thoughtfully curated items that support adults navigating the emotional, social, financial, and physical wellness transitions of retirement. Whether you’re approaching this milestone or have recently retired, the resources will help you create a clear vision for your next chapter—building a retirement that is financially secure, personally meaningful, physically vibrant, and deeply satisfying.
Life Stages
Beating Burnout
Burnout can make us feel exhausted, isolated, irritable, and stressed out. The Burnout kit was created to help individuals better understand the emotional, physical, and mental impact of burnout and personal stress. Learn how to beat burnout and work towards a healthier well-being.
Mental Health
Healthy Relationships for Couples
This kit can help couples enrich and enhance their relationship and build communication skills. These research-based tools support couples by building intimacy, increasing joy and play, and teaching strategies for managing conflict.
Relationships
Parenting your Preschool to School-Aged Child
Information on various topics related to physical and mental health for you and your growing school-aged child such as nutrition, transition to school, dealing with bullying, and positive discipline.
Family Life
Financial Empowerment
This package is designed to provide tools to assist individuals with financial planning and saving. Workbooks teach research-based techniques to improve financial standing and reduce financial stress.
Financial Well-being
Coping with Low Mood and Depression
Designed support to adults experiencing symptoms of depression and low mood, this kit includes self-help resources that teach cognitive-behavioral techniques to increase self-esteem, cut out negative self-talk, and enhance social connections.
Mental Health
Working Through Anxiety
This package is designed to provide tools to individuals experiencing low to moderate anxiety. Workbooks teach research-based techniques to reduce symptoms of generalized anxiety, panic, phobias, and more.
Mental Health