Drug and Alcohol Help Sites

Worried about someone's drug use? - Reachout Fact Sheet
NSW Alcohol and Drug Information Service (ADIS) - 02 9361 8000 or 1800 422 599 (phone counselling available)

Somazone - Youth-friendly drug & alcohol site

Ceida
A good student resource for information on school projects on drugs and alcohol.

DRUGinfo
Drug and alcohol information
Email: druginfo@adf.org.au

Narcotics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship of recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean and build a new way of life.

Tobacco

Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria
Plenty of information on tobacco for school projects and some fun activities.

OxyGen
Everything you want to know about tobacco and smoking.

Quit
Victorian smoking and health program. This website is a good student resource for information about cigarettes.

Help sites

Kids HelpLine - phone counselling service - 1800 55 1800

Reach Out - Australian site for students, parents and professionals looking at aspects of suicide.

Suicide Awareness / Voices of Education - Home Page - all the information you hope you'll never need.

Grief & Loss sites

GriefNet - - sponsored by Rivendell Resources, a non-profit foundation in Ann Arbor Michigan, offers a collection of resources of value to those who are experiencing loss and grief

Articles of interest to students experiencing grief or loss and those supporting them:

How To Help a Grieving Friend or Relative - a very easy to read outline of what you can do to help.

Variables to Your Grieving Process - a great article to help you understand what's happening to you when someone close to you dies.

Silence is Not an Answer in the Time of Grief (by Elizabeth Cross McDonald) - an excellent, easy to read article.

Emotional First Aid - what to do when someone is grieving.

General sites

Adolescence Directory On-Line - a collection of electronic resources for parents, educators, health practitioners, and teens (Centre for Adolescent Studies at Indiana University).

Youth Allowance - All you need to know about the new rules

Links: Study Skills

ELG Study Skills Links - a list of links to Web pages that contain information about study skills at other institutions.

Helping Your Child Learn Study Skills - For Parents - "Many parents as well as children do not understand why their children's grades do not reflect the amount of time they study. The problem may be the result of poor study skills".

Mind Tools - great series of useful ideas for senior students - Helping you to think your way to an excellent life!

	Mind Tools - Communication Skills
	Mind Tools - Creativity
	Mind Tools - Goal Setting
	Mind Tools - How to Master Stress
	Mind Tools - Information Skills
	Mind Tools - Memory Techniques and Mnemonics
	Mind Tools - Planning
	Mind Tools - Problem Solving and Analytical Techniques
	Mind Tools - Time Management Skills

 
Study Skills - ICPAC's "Better Study Skills for Better Grades -- and Real Learning"

Study Skills 2 - Study Skills information from the St.James-Assiniboia School Division - Canada - Includes specific information on Language Arts study, Maths study and Science study.

Study Skills Self Help Information - from Virginia Polytechnic and University (USA) - short ideas on various aspects of study skills.

Study Skills Tips and Information - Lots of good (and short) ideas from the "Learning Success Centre" in the US,

CalREN Home Page - The CalREN Project, University of California, Berkeley. A series of tips and exercises to help develop better study strategies and habits.

Using The Internet For Research The Internet is a wonderful resource for researchers of all kinds, but like every other kind of research tool there are new skills to be learned and decisions to be made about how and when to use it. This is where your research planning will be important.

Books in Library

"Coping With Grief" by Mal McKissock - booklet in School Library (155.9 MCK)

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