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RESOURCES YSC eNews Issues 1 - 6 click here Issue 7 click here Issue 8 click here Issue 9 click here Issue 10 click here Issue 11 click here Issue 12 click here YSC Mini-Conference 2011 PD Day Out! YSCs reconnect & Rechargec onference Package click here Key Note Speaker Phil Corbett - 'Why giraffe's don't get ulcers' click here Workshop Presenters Amelia Callaghan - 'From Early Intervention, to the too hard basket' click here Sophie Morson - 'Risk is not destiny, Supporting families with parental mental illness' click here Some Happy Snaps - click here & here! Presentations from YSC Regional Meetings 2010/11 Self Care exploring notions of Psychological Flexibility click here Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)- a Headspace resource click here Sexual Health promotion for young people click here One Punch Can Kill Campaign click here Adolescent Drug & Alcohol Withdrawal Service click here CREATE Foundation, Young people in care click here Loss & Grief and supporting young people click here School Refusal Coping Study click here Entrenched School Refusal - Discussion Paper click here Please note: Please appropriately source all authors of these presentations if reproducing. Australian clearinghouse for Youth Studies The Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies (ACYS) has launched its new website, What works with Adolescents? What works with adolescents? Family connections and involvement in interventions Education Marginalised Students Website Brisbane Catholic Education have established a website for people supporting and assisting Keeping Young Mums in Education When a teenage girl gets pregnant, it usually means the end of her education and a Just 4 Parents In 2010, as part of a collaboartive community project, YSCs from three Sunshine Coast organisations developed a website aimed at parents to assist with information for disengaging young people. The website addresses the needs of famililes by empowering young people, parents and the wider community to access information relating to the issue of early disengagement from education. Three priority areas include: 'My child is thinking about leaving school", 'My child refuses to go to school' and my child has left school. See: www.just4parents.com.au Mindmatters A resource and professional development program to support Australian secondary schools in promoting and protecting the social and emotional wellbeing of young people in schools. http://cms.curriculum.edu.au/mindmatters/ Working Together: A toolkit for effective school based action against bullying The Minister for Education and Training with the support of the Queensland Schools Alliance Against Violence has released Working Together: A toolkit for effective school based action against bullying that provides school staff with practical strategies to address the complex issue of student-on-student bullying. http://education.qld.gov.au/studentservices/behaviour/qsaav/index.html Health HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C and sexual health promotion with young people CD This CD is a self-directed, activity-based learning resource available now from FPQ. It focuses on working effectively with young people in the areas of HIV/AIDS, Hepaitis C and sexual health promotion. http://www.fpq.com.au/youthproject/resource_materials.html Preventing alcohol harms in young people: Family based interventions - A resource for workers This resource was commissioned by New South Wales (NSW) Health to provide information about the family’s role in preventing alcohol-related harm in young people. The resource is designed to inform the practice of drug and alcohol workers, mental health workers, outreach workers, psychologists, counsellors, health promotion and prevention project managers/officers, social workers, special population workers and Community Drug Action Team (CDAT) project officers. http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/resources/mhdao/pdf/NSWpreventionpaperwww.pdf Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities Opening the school gates – engaging CLD families in school Despite the strong desire to build connections between families and schools, it is often difficult to engage CLD families for a many number if reasons. This resource provides some practical suggestions and tools to overcome barriers to involvement.http://www.cmy.net.au/Assets/181/1/OpeningtheSchoolGate.pdf Health Publications and Translated Resources Ethnic Communities Council Queensland has a library of health related factsheets specific to a variety of communities and languages. http://www.eccq.com.au/default.asp?contentID=823 Translating and Interpreting Services (TIS) The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) provides the TIS National interpreting service for people who do not speak English and for the English speakers who need to communicate with them.Free service for Organisations funded by the Department of Communities http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/help-with-english/help_with_translating/ Aboriginal & Torres Stait Islander Communities The Little Red Yellow Black Book This resource is an invaluable pocket-sized guide written from an Indigenous perspective. Covering topics from history, languages, health, education to governance, resistance and reconciliation.To order a copy http://lryb.aiatsis.gov.au Legal Information Guide to Payments for Young People The Welfare Rights Centre has produced wallet cards and posters explaining Centrelink payments affecting young people. Contact 3421 2510 or see www.wrcqld.org.au “Laying Down the Criminal Law: a Handbook for Youth Workers” Laying Down the Criminal Law is an indispensable resource for anyone working with young people. The handbook provides workers with information about the child protection, youth justice, and education systems as well as general issues such as confidentiality and negligence.YAC also offers a training programme which supplements the book.Contact on (07) 3356 1002 or email at admin@yac.net.au Alcohol & Other Drugs Somazone This website focuses on health and lifestyle issues such as mental health, drug use, relationships and body image, with fact sheets, personal stories and advice on where to get help. http://www.somazone.com.au/ Mental Health E-couch E-couch is an online program for preventing and coping with depression, generalised anxiety disorder, and social anxiety disorder. http://ecouch.anu.edu.au/welcome Disability Steps for the Future A computer game created to provide an engaging format to convey positive messages to young people experiencing disability or other barriers to achieving their study and employment goals. The game is FREE and can be copied by service providers and distributed freely to clients, etc. http://www.ndco.stepscs.net.au/game.asp For young People Tune in, not out TINO was launched in it’s current format in 2010, and provides 24-hour TV for life’s Thats not cool Your cell phone, IM, and social networks are all a digital extension of who you are. When someone you're with pressures you or disrespects you in those places, that's not cool. http://www.thatsnotcool.com
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