Wellbeing
WELLBEING
Mental Health News
Tune in to community and stigma - where can we seek help in our community
Sometimes student wellbeing and mental health concerns require further follow up and intervention from professionals external to our schools. Your local family doctor or GP is a good starting place. They can assist with accessing other professionals if needed and provide care plans which can assist with any financial costs if needed.
Sometimes the school may require parents/carers to follow up with concerns for a student’s mental health by having an appointment or check up with the GP or an external counsellor to provide early intervention and support. This information and treatment from external professionals assists the school with providing appropriate support at school with the collaborative care approach used in our schools.
Who to contact when your child is experiencing a crisis mental health situation.
CatholicCare
As well as being in our schools as counsellors, CatholicCare also has many resources for families and children outside of the school setting. Visit the CatholicCare website for more details
http://www.catholiccare.dow.org.au/
Maggie Dent
Maggie is a well known author, educator and counsellor with extensive experience working with families, children and adolescents. Maggie’s website has some great resources and podcasts specifically for parents, and covers issues such as anxiety and fear, stress, drugs and alcohol, discipline and challenging behaviours, anger, self regulation and tantrums, family breakdowns and sibling rivalry.
https://www.maggiedent.com/common-concerns/
Reachout and BeyondBlue
There are many different online resources which provide practical, up to date and evidence based information for parents to support their children (primary and secondary aged). Organisations such as Reachout and BeyondBlue provide straightforward information for a variety of mental health illnesses and situations when mental health distress may occur.
https://parents.au.reachout.com/
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
BeyondBlue also has information and resources to specifically deal with mental health distress in relation to the covid - 19 situation. This resource has services and information for both parents and children to access.
https://coronavirus.beyondblue.org.au/
Raising Children
The website below provides information regarding hotlines and helplines for parents for a variety of mental and physical needs.
Headspace
If you are a young person aged between 12-25 and need information relating to general mental health, physical health, work & study and alcohol and other drugs, then Headspace is designed for you. No referrals are needed, just call or come into any of the offices in your local area. The website below provides some general information relevant to young people and the specific local centres are provided with the following links. Alternatively, e - headspace is also a very practical and easily accessed resource.
https://headspace.org.au/young-people/life-issues/
Support services for teenagers / youth - Headspace Centres
https://headspace.org.au/headspace-centres/wollongong/
https://headspace.org.au/headspace-centres/campbelltown/
https://headspace.org.au/headspace-centres/nowra/
eheadspace
eheadspace is a national online and phone support service, staffed by experienced youth mental health professionals. It provides young people and carers with a safe, secure and anonymous place to talk to a professional – wherever they are.
eheadspace was launched to reach regional and remote young people who were unable to access a headspace centre. It has since grown in popularity with all young people – many of whom simply feel more comfortable accessing our services online.
Black Dog Institute
Black Dog Institute has invited people to tell their stories about mental health: https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/education-services/podcasts/being-well-podcast/
Raising Learners Podcast
Help your child learn and thrive at school and at home with the Raising Learners podcast.
Supporting children’s mental health and wellbeing in difficult times