Mental health
If you want up to date information on mental health issues and the teaching of mental health in PDHPE, click on the links below.
Mindmatters
MindMatters is an initiative and a resource kit designed to promote mental health and support suicide prevention in secondary schools. It provides information and teaching and learning materials to assist schools in developing environments where young people feel safe, valued, engaged and purposeful. Some of the issues addressed include bullying and harassment, loss and grief, enhancing resilience, stress and coping and mental illness.
Report card on adolescent health (pdf - 1mb)
Australia's young people aged 12 to 24 received a report card this year, when the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released the nation's first comprehensive assessment of their health and wellbeing.
Understanding resilience (pdf - 494kb)
A relatively “new” concept frequently referred to in the Crossroads document is developing the resiliency skills of young people. This article explores the nature of resilience, and how teachers can develop this as part of their normal teaching practice.
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