FAMILY CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Adolescents

• Kids Help - free and confidential telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged 5 to 25 years, and an online resource for information, options and ideas - teens

Youth Drug and Alcohol

• Alcohol Drug Information Service

• YSAS Youth Support and Advocacy Service

• NSW health links - services and information

• YourRoom by NSW health and St Vincent's Alcohol Drug Information Service

Sexual health - link to infectious diseases page

Children

Early Childhood

• Tresillian 24 hour parents helpline - on the spot advice on settling babies, breastfeeding and bottle feeding, introducing solids, routines, relationship issues and toddler and pre-schooler management. 1800 637 357

• Karitane - parenting support and advice

• Purple Crying - understanding your baby's crying

• Parents Guide - local directory of services

Behavioural and Developmental Concerns

• Noah's Shoalhaven - early education and therapy services for young children with additional needs

• Northfields Clinic - group programmes on difficult parenting and child anxiety

• Illawarra Community Child and Family Services

• Directory of Child Youth and Family Services SESIAHS

• talk to your GP about any concerns you have regarding your child's behaviour and development, to find out if and where further assessment would be best provided

Feeding : breast feeding and formula feeding

• Australian Breastfeeding Association

• Tresillian

Feeding: introducing solids/infant feeding

• Australian Breastfeeding Association

• ASCIA Australian Allergy Association

• Raising Children Network

Health and Illness

search for all kid's illness - from asthma, constipation and earache, to rashes, excema, and stomach pain. Also use these resources to search on kid's health issues - obesity, bullying, worries, visiting the doctor etc.

• General fact sheets on an extensive range of children's health issues:

  • Sydney Children's Hospital Network

  • Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

• Allergy

• Ear Nose and Throat problems - including hearing, speech problems, tonsillitis etc

• Immunisation

• Infectious diseases - information on childhood infections - whooping cough, hand foot and mouth disease, slapped cheek (parvovirus) etc

Sleep

• Fact sheets Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

• Raising Children Network

• SIDS and safe sleeping network

• Purple Crying - understanding your baby's crying

Family

Diet and Exercise

• Raising Children Network - search for nutrition and physical activity in all age groups

Parenting

• Bringing Up Great Kids - The Australian Childhood Foundation - parenting resources, understanding childhood development and childhood experiences

• The Raising Children Network - comprehensive parenting web-resource

• Health Direct pregnancy and parenting - guidance and reassurance about developmental and behavioural concerns

• Centrelink - payments for families

• NSW Parenting Support Networks

• National Council for Single Mothers and their Children

Separation

• Kids Matter resources

• Relationships Australia

• Family Relationship Centre Wollongong

immunisation

see Immunisation page for facts about immunisation, FAQs, information about vaccine preventable diseases and vaccine safety

Mental Health

Anxiety, panic, depression, self harm, shyness, anger, obsessions and compulsions, stress, phobias, bereavement:

• see also Mental Health page for more general resources

• Find a psychologist

• SANE - mental health charity, offering innovative programs and campaigns - helpline and information on mental health topics

• COPMI - promoting the wellbeing of children of parents with a mental health disorder

Children

• Kids Matter - mental health and wellbeing initiative set in primary schools and early childhood centres

Adolescents - search under Adolescents on Mental Health page