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For Teens

Welcome to our young people's page. Here you will find useful, fun and educational sites designed especially for young people.

TeensHealth
kidshealth.org/teen
A very comprehensive site dealing with a huge range of issues in young people's health.

Youthhealthtalk
www.youthhealthtalk.org/
This is a website about young people’s real life experiences of health and lifestyle.

Band-Aides and Blackboards
www.lehman.cuny.edu/faculty/jfleitas/bandaides/contteen.html
This site aims to help people understand what it's like growing up with medical problems from the perspective of the children and teens who are doing just that.

diabeteskidsandteens
www.diabeteskidsandteens.com.au/teens.html
Website for kids and teens with Type 1 Diabetes

Novita Children's Services
www.novita.org.au
A site about and for kids with physical disabilities. Lots of things to do, places to go, things to learn about!

Headroom
www.headroom.net.au
The Headroom website focuses on promoting positive mental health rather than mental illness. The website aims to increase community awareness and mental health literacy among children, young people, parent/carers and professionals.

Healthy Transitions
http://healthytransitionsny.com/site/view/152
This website is for youth with developmental disabilities ages 14-25 years, family caregivers, service coordinators, and health care providers. Materials on the site teach skills and provide tools for care coordination, keeping a health summary, and setting priorities during the transition process. The site features video vignettes that demonstrate health transition skills and interactive tools that foster self determination and collaboration.

The Source
www.thesource.gov.au
A gateway to youth information, programmes, services, resources and entertainment for young people between the ages of 12 and 25.

Bullying. No Way!
www.bullyingnoway.com.au/gettingstarted/ideasforstudents2.shtml
Developed and managed by all Australian education authorities
for use by Australia's Government, Catholic and Independent school communities.

What Rights? - UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
www.unicef.org/magic/briefing/uncorc.html - factsheet
www.unicef.org/photoessays/30048.html - photo essay I
www.unicef.org/photoessays/30556.html - photo essay II

Child's View - Do you see my world?
www.unicef.org/photoessays/52529.html - photo essay
In September 2009, 30 Bangladeshi adolescents in rural communities joined a Government- and UNICEF-supported photography workshop, part of global tributes to the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

likeitis
www.likeitis.org.au
Sick of reading stuff on SEX that doesn't tell you what you really want to know?
Well, likeitis isn't like that... it tells you everything you need to know exactly likeitis... with no frills, no judgements and definitely no holds barred!

sextxt
www.sextxt.org.au
Got a question about sex? sextxt™ gives you accurate answers when you need them... all in the time it takes to send and receive a text message
And just to make sure you get all the facts you need, the sextxt™ website includes additional info on sex and sexual health.

AWCH | Child and Adolescent Health News

What's New

31 May 2010
Joint Response to the Government's Health Reform Initiative from National Peak Bodies Children and Young People' s Health

11 March 2010
Press Release: Co-location Putting Your Child At Risk

10 February 2010
Caring Together: NSW Kids
A Discussion Paper
Submission from the
Association for the Wellbeing of Children in Healthcare

20 NOVEMBER 2009
MEDIA RELEASE
20th Anniversary
UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child

27 August 2009
Co-location -
an unresolved issue


18 May 2009
"I Just Want You To Be Happy" by A/Prof Leanne Rowe and Professors David Bennett & Bruce Tonge, discssed on ABC Radio's The Health Report

16 March 2009
!Media Release!
Award Winner -
AWCH Hospital Ward Grandparent Scheme

18 February 2009
New AWCH Patron

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