Resources and Help Lines

Alberta Sport Connection Safe Sport Resources

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211 Alberta

211 is an essential service that helps Albertans find the right resource or services for whatever issue they need help with, at the right time. 211 is available 24/7 by phone, text and chat. The service is free, confidential and available in over 170 languages over the phone.

Call 2-1-1
Text INFO to 211
Chat with 211 at https://ab.211.ca/

CCMHS – Canadian Centre for Mental Health and Sport

The CCMHS is a registered charity supporting the mental health and performance of competitive and high-performance athletes, coaches, performing artists, and support staff. The CCMHS is the first Centre in Canada to offer collaborative sport and performance-focused mental health care services designed to help individuals achieve their performance goals while preserving their well-being. The CCMHS rests on 3 pillars of success: Collaborative Care, Research, and Education & Outreach.

CCMHS has many different resources that can help coaches, athletes, officials, administration and parents. We encourage you to take a look around their site for many help resources.

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Alberta Health Services

Alberta Child Abuse Services:

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A multidisciplinary, specialized service that provides therapeutic and medical services to children who have experienced physical / sexual abuse and/or neglect.
In order to enhance bio-psycho-social health and well-being, the service has two streams:

Therapy Stream (Child Abuse Service):

  • assesses the impact of abuse and neglect on the referred child
  • provides therapeutic intervention to children and their caregivers to address emotional
    behavioural and relational challenges associated with the abuse and neglect
  • children between 6 to 11 years of age who are exhibiting problematic sexual behaviour for
    which clinical assessment or treatment is needed

Medical Stream (Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Team – SCAN):

A healthcare team that offers care to children who have been, or are at risk for, physical, sexual, or extreme neglect. The services that may be provided include:

  • consults
  • healthcare team assessment of the child who has been abused
  • phone consults with other healthcare providers (regarding abuse or suspected abuse)
  • referrals to other healthcare providers or agencies (as needed)
  • education to healthcare providers about child abuse
  • community child abuse prevention activities (e.g., resource development and distribution)

Pediatric Psychology:

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Psychological assessment for your child and family.

This service provides:

  • assessment: intellectual / cognitive, interpersonal, emotional, and behavioural functioning of child, parents, and family
  • consultation: to other service providers within Child Health and to the community
  • treatment: individual, group, parent, family therapy, behaviour management, play therapy, counselling to help adjust to handicaps and medical conditions

For more information visit our website.

Alberta Health Services

Alberta Wide Health Link: Call 811 | WEBSITE

Nursing information and assessment line that is open 24 hours and provides advice when you or a loved are sick. They are a trusted source of information for all health-related questions and can connect you with services available within your community. You can also call this line for general health information, family doctor locations, and immunization clinic locations & times. For medical emergencies, call 911.

Kids Help Phone

TOLL FREE: 1-800-668-6868 | ALWAYS THERE APP (Apple App Store | Google Play Store) | WEBSITE

Stressed out? Lonely? Experiencing bullying or abuse? Feeling anxious or sad? Worried about a friend? If you need one-on-one time with someone who gets what’s going on in your life, you can connect anonymously with Kids Help Phone. Kids Help Phone is a free, anonymous and bilingual professional counselling, information and referral service for young people. Counsellors are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to support you with whatever you’re going through. They are available by phone, Live Chat, and the Always There chat app.

Crisis Text Line Powered By Kids Help Phone

Text CONNECT to 686868 to chat confidentially with a trained, volunteer Crisis Responder for support with any issue — big or small. The texting service is available 24/7/365 and you don’t need a data plan, internet connection or an app to use it. Learn more.

Canadian Centre For Child Protection

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The Canadian Centre for Child Protection is a registered charity dedicated to the personal safety of all children. The goal of the Canadian Centre is to reduce child victimization by providing programs and services to the Canadian public. If you have a concern about a child and want to talk to someone, contact the Canadian Centre for Child Protection using the ‘Report A Concern’ button on their website. If you suspect abuse, report it to your local child welfare and/or police. If your concerns are about a child who is in immediate danger or risk, call 911 or your local police.

Respect Resource Line (Available 365 Days Per Year)

TOLL FREE: 1-888-329-4009 | TEXT: 1-306-717-9636 | EMAIL: [email protected]

This nation-wide, toll-free line is available to all Coaches and Activity Leaders who have been trained in the Respect in Sport Activity Leader program. The service is confidential and anonymous so you won’t be required to disclose your identity. It provides bilingual response to calls or emails 365 days a year by expert staff who will guide you to the necessary resource pertaining to;

  • child and youth maltreatment
  • bullying
  • hazing
  • national/provincial child and youth protection laws
  • organization-specific risk management and dispute resolution models

Note: This line is not for technical support, but offers a connection to resources to help deal with your situation.

Respect Resource Line Poster

Health & Distress Support

Canadian Sport Helpline

If you are a victim or witness of harassment, abuse or discrimination in sport, contact the Canadian Sport Helpline to share your concerns and be referred to the appropriate resources. This helpline is anonymous, confidential, independent and bilingual. They are available 7 days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time.

CALL OR TEXT: 1-888-83SPORT (77678) | EMAIL: [email protected] | WEBSITE

Distress Centres

24-hour CRISIS lines that provide immediate support if you or someone you know is in crisis or distress (e.g. contemplating suicide, feeling overwhelmed, experiencing abuse, relationship troubles, mental health concerns, financial issues etc.).

Calgary Distress Centre: 403.266.HELP(4357) | WEBSITE

Calgary Critical Incident Stress Management: Mobile Response Team: 403.266.1605

Edmonton Distress Centre: 780.482.HELP(4357) | WEBSITE

Edmonton Community Urgent Services and Stabilization Team: 780.342.7777

Rural Distress Support: 1.800.232.7288

Grieving

Loss is one of life’s most stressful events. It takes time to heal, and everyone responds differently. We may need help to cope with the changes in our lives. Grief is part of being human, but that doesn’t mean we have to through the journey alone.

Alberta Health Services – Grieving Together | WEBSITE

Canadian Mental Health Association | WEBSITE

Contact The Authorities

Under Provincial Legislation, if you have reasonable grounds to suspect that a participant is or may be suffering from emotional abuse, physical abuse, and/or sexual abuse, you should immediately report the suspicion and the information on which it is based to the local child protection agency and/or the local police department. In Alberta, call the Child Abuse hotline 1-800-387-KIDS (5437).

Contact Us

AGF is committed to creating a system that ensures a cohesive safe sport environment for all participants in the sport of gymnastics across our province and in Canada. Whether you are an athlete, coach, parent, judge, club owner or volunteer, your engagement and feedback are critical to the successful development and implementation of the safe sport initiative. Please send your questions, concerns and ideas to:

Sport Safety
Alberta Gymnastics Federation
[email protected]