Youth Speak Out
Youth Speak Out: Social Media, 'Third Spaces', and the Future of Mentoring
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The importance of listening
By Janeve Freidman (Learning and Development Consultant). At Raise, we believe in the power of listening to transform lives and communities. By fostering strong listening skills, we can create more compassionate, understanding, and connected environments.
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Why is Year 8 the pivotal time to establish wellbeing goals and nurture help seeking skills?
Shining the light on young people and their wellbeing
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Maggie Dent's top tips for supporting adolescents
Award winning author, educator, and speaker Maggie Dent shares her top tips for supporting adolescents.
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An introduction to ACEs and Trauma Informed Care for mentors
In this introduction to Adverse Childhood Experiences, you'll learn about the 4 R's of trauma-informed care, understand the impact that trauma has on a young person's life and get some practical tips to support children and adolescents to build resilience after trauma.
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Supporting teens to manage anxiety around disaster
There has been no shortage of national and global disaster in the recent years. Feelings of fear, powerlessness and uncertainty have been felt by many adults and young people across the globe in the face of pandemic, war, natural disaster, and gun violence. Here we look at some practical ways to support the teenagers in your life to manage their anxiety around disaster.
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Project Rockit
PROJECT ROCKIT is Australia's youth-driven movement against bullying, hate and prejudice. Our key purpose is to empower young people to challenge bullying and discrimination when they see it happen at school, online and beyond...
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Butterfly Foundation: Supporting young people with disordered eating
Health and wellbeing are paramount to a thriving young person. An important aspect of this is the relationship they have with their body, their eating and physical activity. These are unique to each person, influenced by individual and environmental factors....
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Strategies for teens to get organised and balance school and life
Following on from our recent blog about how wellbeing concerns for young people is negatively impacting school engagement, we’ve pulled together 6 tips and strategies to help the young people in your life get organised and strike a better school-life balance. 3 Top tips...
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How to help young people when their wellbeing is impacting their connection and engagement with school
The Problem We know that young people are concerned about their mental health According to the 2021 Mission Australia youth survey report: 51.5% of young people identified mental health being a barrier to achieving their work or study goals. Alarmingly,...
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Enjoying our time with teens these holidays
The holiday season is the perfect opportunity to catch up, connect and check-in with those we love. But how do we do this with the teenagers in our life who are looking forward to spending more time with...
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Re-establishing connection as teens transition back to the school environment
The best support we can offer young people during this stressful time is: open communication active and non-judgmental listening modelling positive behaviour Using these strategies can help our teens learn to regulate their own emotions, communicate effectively and build resilience by engaging in a positive support system. Below we have outlined some ways you can ease the transition back...
