From the Lead – Psychological Services
School Holiday Supports and Resources
We recognise that these holidays are a time of change and uncertainty for many families. While we have the hope of lockdown coming to an end soon, we know that the pathway there is unpredictable at times.
In addition to our usual mail-out of Mental Health Supports during the holidays we also wanted to include a shortlist of resources, programs, and apps that you might find useful at this time.
We hope these resources help to contribute to the considerable resilience we see every day in the Pymble community.
Mr Andrew Scott
Lead – Psychological Services
Useful Apps
Programs
BRAVE (brave4you.psy.uq.edu.au)
The BRAVE Program is a free, interactive, online program for the prevention and treatment of childhood and adolescent anxiety.
This Way Up – TeenSTRONG
This program is free with a prescription from a GP or mental health professional and is a cognitive behavioural therapy program designed to teach young people (12-17) how to manage feelings of stress, anxiety, worry or low mood and build confidence to navigate common adolescent experiences.
Bite Back (biteback.org.au)
A free, self-guided online wellbeing and resilience program for young people aged 13–16 years old. The program includes six weekly challenges to help improve mental fitness, increase happiness, reduce stress, improve friendships and focus.
For Parents
Raising Children Network:
Online resources for Parents and Carers.
ReachOut Parents:
Self-help, community forums and individual support and information for parents of teenagers.
Resourcing Parents:
Find a parenting program near you.
ParentWorks:
Free online program for Australian parents and caregivers of children (2-16). It provides evidence-based parenting strategies to improve parenting skills, confidence and child behaviour.
Happiness and it’s Causes Virtual Conference:
20 minute talks from psychologists and neuroscientists from 2020 looking at topics like “Human Flourishing in Challenging Times”. You can see a range of other similar videos at https://www.youtube.com/user/ThinkandBeHappy.
