Not-for-profit seminars, webcasts, advocacy. We’re focused on the mental health and wellbeing of young people and the influence of society and culture on it.
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💛R U OK? It's a simple question... and yet it can make the biggest impact. Share this conversation guide with your students to help them navigate an R U OK conversation and empower them to help the people in their world💛
#ruokday2024 #ruok #communitysupport #mentalhealthsupport
A special thanks to everyone who supported GenNext in 2021 - watching videos, tuning into podcasts, participating in online learning - here's our 'Impact Report' for 2021 👇
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Do you or someone you know want to develop skills to manage #anxiety & #alcohol use? The Inroads program can help! Visit inroads.org.au/register to access an evidence-based online program based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and motivational interviewing.
ALT Young Male is leaning against a window seal and facing the camera. Text is overlaid on the images and says: Are you drinking alcohol to unwind, socialise or handle stress?
"Education itself cannot solve the challenges facing humanity, but it’s difficult to imagine we can address them without transforming education." generationnext.com.au/2021/1…
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Teachers and school staff, we want to hear from you! Have your voice heard and help improve Positive Choices, an online portal providing evidence-based alcohol and other #drugeducation resources. Visit ow.ly/tQdS50Ga6Hi
“Mental health services are typically reactive, where their focus is either on managing crises or treating an individual’s #mentalhealth challenges” generationnext.com.au/2021/1…
Year 12 is challenging at the best of times, with students often experiencing anxiety and uncertainty about their future, along with the pressures of study and achievement in the high-stakes assessment activities of the year. generationnext.com.au/2021/1…
For young people in particular, the blurred line between recreational and educational #screentime presents new challenges we are only beginning to appreciate: generationnext.com.au/2021/1…
It's been used effectively through history, should it be rolled out in 2021? generationnext.com.au/2021/1…
1. Hold the ‘and’ ...
2. Practice active acceptance ...
3. Connect with others
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Aussie unis are understood to have the highest number of international students per capita worldwide, so their #mentalhealth is paramount to the higher education sector. generationnext.com.au/2021/1…
Concepts such as "free speech" can be difficult enough for adults to deal with. But they can be far more confusing for children. generationnext.com.au/2021/1…
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October is @mentalhealthnsw #MentalHealthMonth! Check out this student factsheet for tips on looking after your mental health ow.ly/bzCU50F1GJP. Some practical strategies include:
💤 Getting a good night's sleep
🙅🏽♂️ Avoiding drugs and alcohol
🏃🏽♀️ Moving your body
WATCH | Interplay between strengths, interests & effective learning for those with autism with Dr Emma Goodall: youtube.com/watch?v=T9bu02vA…
"...outdoor therapy should not just be a crisis response, it should be as accessible as sitting on a counsellor’s couch or engaging in telehealth services." #wellbeing generationnext.com.au/2021/0…
The pandemic has amplified feelings of uncertainty in young people’s lives. #youngpeople #mentalhealth generationnext.com.au/2021/0…
This free presentation introduces a new suicide prevention resource and how it can be used to support people at risk: pd.generationnext.com.au/cou…
“If anything comes out of this, I want it to be a lesson to everybody that family violence happens to everybody no matter how nice your house is, no matter how intelligent you are. It happens to anyone and everyone.” generationnext.com.au/2021/0…
One thing that most families learn at some point – particularly during lockdown – is that balancing a child’s screen time with physical activity isn’t an easy task 📱generationnext.com.au/2021/0…
Over the past two years, many Victorian children have been exposed to multiple natural disasters as well as repeated and prolonged lockdowns due to COVID-19. What does this mean for our children’s wellbeing and learning? generationnext.com.au/2021/0…