The following topic headings feature resources that you can download to assist in nurturing and supporting your children. Simply click on a link to download a PDF file that you can read at your leisure. Don’t forget that if you’d like to discuss an issue, or would like some further support and guidance, please feel free to get in touch with the Wellbeing team at Galen. They’re always willing to help.
Adolescent Development
• Giving adolescents freedom
Attendance and School Refusal
• Student attendance at Galen
• Overcoming school phobia
Balance
• Is your child too busy?
Bullying and Friendship
• Teen friendships
• Bully-proofing kids
• Coping with rejection
Carers
• Are you a young carer?
Cyber Safety and E-Safety
• Social media and self-harm – How to help
• Family media agreement
• So you got naked online
• Facebook addiction
• Aggressive Video Games
Depression and Anxiety
• A parent’s guide to depression and anxiety
Eating Disorders
• Eating and awareness
Financial Resources
• Financial services fact sheet
Gambling and Young People
• Talking to Teens about Gambling
Homework and Study Routine
• Helping kids with homework
Managing Trauma
• Helping kids to cope with disaster
Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
• Dealing with anger
• Mindfulness
• Avoiding harmful stress
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Child care planner
• Easing children’s anxiety
• Mental health habits
• Managing emotions
Positive Parenting
• Swearing
• Parenting kids who struggle
• Raising lifelong learners
• Raising boys
• Sorting out sibling squabbles
• Talking more with your kids
• Taming teenage tantrums
• Working together as parents
• When kids catastrophise
• What type of parent are you?
• The 7 hats of confident parents
Relationship Building with your Teen
• Positive parent involvement
Resiliency
• Developing independence
• Helping self-conscious girls
• Nurturing resilient kids
• Resiliency quiz
Self-Harm / Self-Injury
• Self-harm mythbuster
• Self-harm factsheet
Separation and Divorce
• Separation
• Divorce
Sleep
• Reducing our national sleep debt
• Is your teen sleep-deprived?
Substance Education
• Is your child a caffeine junkie?
• Teen drinking is never safe
Talking about Sexuality and Health
• Talk soon, talk often fact sheet