Resources: Children & young people

• Active for Life: Activities to help raise physically literate children. More
• Active for Life: Early years educators toolkit. More
• AIFS Child Family Community Australia: Planning an evaluation | Step by step. More
• Australian Childhood Foundation: Bringing up great kids: resources for parents. More
• eSafety Commissioner: Online safety guidance and supporting material to assist Australian school leaders.  More
• Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network: National Youth Settlement Framework Panel – Applying the NYSF in Practice. View
• MYAN: National Youth Settlement Framework. More
• NSW Office of the Children’s Guardian: Help to become a child safe organisation. More
• Play by the Rules: Recorded session, Child safety in a post-COVID world. More
• PMC: New National Office for Child Safety website. More
• SA Commissioner for Children and Young People: library of reports. More

VIDEO & AUDIO RECORDINGS

• ABC: Fierce Girls podcast series. More
• ABC: Looking for educational podcasts for children? Check out Fierce Girls. More
• Centre for Community Child Health: Raising Learners podcast series. More
• Child Trends: Video and article: Too much structured playtime. More
• CREATE Foundation: Voices in Action podcast: the voices of children and young people in care. More
• CREATE: Gus talks COVID with and for young people. More
• Generation Next: Gaming Addiction: Understanding Excessive Gaming, Risk Factors and Warning Signs. More
• Generation Next: Developing Willpower in Young People – Interview with Andrew Fuller. More
• Griffith University: VIDEO | A new tool for measuring child wellbeing. More
• Student Wellbeing Hub: Building hope and resilience during extraordinary times of change. More
• YChats: Noelle Martin’s fight against Deepfakes. More

THE EARLY YEARS

• Australian Catholic University: Kids Central tools and resources. More
• Australian Childhood Foundation: My Sensory Hand activity to build a sensory guide of comfort to enhance the feeling of safety. More
• Australian Childhood Foundation: Activity alphabet | activities for families to share at home. Preschool age | Primary school age
• Child Trends: Brief on family instability and children’s social development. More
• eSafety Commissioner: Big Ted’s tech tips for 2020: good online habits start early. More
• Generation Next: Children’s grief through the lens of The Lion King. More
• Gowrie VIC & ECA: In their shoes, online resource to teach empathy. More
• Lifecourse Centre: Early Childhood Literacy Fact Sheet. More
• Raising Children: Activity Guide – Museum activities for young children. More
• Raising Children: Comprehensive portal focused on First 1000 Days. More
• Raising Children: Supporting children aged 2 – 5 years during disaster news and distressing news events. More
• RWJF: Evidence-based recommendations for early childhood beverages. More

TEENS & TWEENS

• ACF: Magnetic mindfulness for young people. More
• AMF: Media Literacy Lab, digital learning for students aged 12 to 16 – teaching a generation to fact check. More
• CaringLife: a platform for record keeping of children’s memories within the OOHC sector. More
• CEBC: Program overview, Too good for drugs. Target ages 11-14. More
• Child Trends: Clear & common definitions of terms encountered by practitioners serving youth. More
• CREATE Foundation: Child-centred complaints handling – best practice guide. More
• CREATE Foundation: Go Your Own Way kt for young people starting to plan for their transition to independence. More
• CREATE Foundation: Poster to guide language use when working with young people. More
• CREATE Your Future: Free mobile app – Sortli is your guide to becoming an adult, designed by young people, for young people. More
• eSafety Commissioner: Online safety for young people. More
• Generation Next: How to help young people, according to young people. More
• Get Ready Queensland: interactive online game which challenges Queensland kids to prepare for future disasters and severe weather. More
• Whitlam Institute: What Matters?  – a catalyst for young thinkers to develop a perspective on where society is heading. More