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Withdrawal and Detox
Youth Support and Advocacy ServiceThis section of the website includes a variety of informative articles and fact sheets about detox and withdrawal from alcohol and drugs, specifically designed for young people. -
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Thinking About Suicide?
Youth Support and Advocacy ServiceThis webpage provides information for young people who are or have been thinking about suicid -
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YoDAA Tool – Drugs and Alcohol
Youth Support and Advocacy Service'YoDAA' is an online tool designed to help young people work out where they are at with their drug and alcohol use. By answering the questions it provides you with personalised feedback, advice and suggestions for support -
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Parenting Tip Sheets
ParentlineThis section of the website includes a variety of tip sheets for parents about various parenting related topics. -
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Supporting children and families after a child has been abused
Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief NetworkThis fact sheet provides information for professionals on supporting children and families after a child has been abused. It focuses on some of the immediate priorities for responding to a child who has been abused and disclosed this information. -
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Impact of Abuse and Neglect on Children – Information for Professionals
Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief NetworkThis fact sheet provides information for professionals on the impact of abuse and neglect on children. In this resource when discussing child abuse it refers collectively to physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, exposure to violence and sexual abuse. -
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Responding to children and young people’s disclosure of abuse – practice brief
National Child Protection ClearinghouseThis practice brief provides information for professionals, family, friends and other adults to respond to a child's disclosure of abuse. It outlines what we know through research and practice about how, why, what and when children and young people are likely to disclose to others. -
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Child, adolescent and families: Grief and loss in disaster – Information for professionals
Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief NetworkThis resource provides information for professionals on the common patterns of grief in children and families in the context of disasters. It specfically provides information and examples of supportive strategies to assist young children or young people in a school setting and also information about vulnerability indicators that may require further assessment. -
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Providing Medium to Long Term Support to Children and Families After a Disaster
Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief NetworkThis resource provides information for professionals on providing medium to long-term support to children and families after disasters. It is relevant to a range of natural and man made disasters. -
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What Works for Children and Young People After Disasters – An Evidence Review
Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief NetworkThe Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief Network conducted a systematic review of 32 studies on interventions for what works for children and young people after disasters. This evidence review is intended for use by professionals who work (or who are training to work) in areas related to the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents with an interest in the impact of psychological trauma, loss and grief. -
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Disaster Strategies and Resources – School Principals
Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief NetworkThis resource provides strategies and resources for school principals to implement after a disaster, such as widespread bushfires. The themes that are outlined can inform response and can also be adapted to the school's particular needs. They are proposed because they have been identified as important frameworks to assist the recovery processes. -
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Trauma response in pre-schoolers: information for educators
Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief NetworkThis resource provides information for teachers and early childhood educators about the trauma responses, specifically after a natural disaster, that may be present in pre-school aged children.