Student Well-Being
Our Well-being team - 3 Tyndale Schools
On 26 July 2019, twelve of the Tyndale Well-being team from Salisbury East, Strathalbyn and Murray Bridge along with about a thousand other professionals around SA to the Generation Next conference.
We had speakers from around Australia teach us about cybersafety (esafety.gov.au), increasing resilience and the learning brain (andrewfuller.com.au), choosing not to hate preventing violent extremism (exit.org.au), managing digital life to reduce distractions (Dr Kristy Goodwin), nurturing resilience in young people with disability (www.cddh.monashhealth.org), from trauma to strength by Dr Gill Hicks, a london bomb victim who calls herself a peace maker, and supporting young people through family separation through the Seasons for Growth and Good Grief program, among other great sessions.
There are so many fantastic agencies and resources available for our parents, carers and their children, and young people, in what is a very complex world for all. We hope to bring you some video logs from our staff sharing some of the important learning we had in the near future. In the meantime check out these links; www.generationnext.com.au; www.parenting.sa.gov.au, www.mylearningstrengths.com, www.youthbeyondblue.com, www.druginfo.adf.org.au, www.raq.org.au/services, www.sane.org/information/helpline.
Jan Lonsdale
Director of Counselling
$2,000 Winners!
The Aim Higher competition was run last term through the Local Drug Action Team (LDAT). The competition aimed to hear and fund ideas about drug and alcohol-free activities for young people in the Strathalbyn region. Three applications were funded $2000 for each activity through funding from the Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF).
Two of the successful applications included Tyndale students! Congratulations to Jasper Bechara and Jacob Guscott for their successful ‘Community LAN party’ application, and to James Leigh, Abigail Clark, Alexander Johnson, Edward Green, Jack Beauchamp, Joyce Zaharuiko, Maisie Green, Martin Zaharuiko, Nick Silwood and William Green who gained funding for their ‘LMR Strathalbyn Model Railway Club’ application.
We look forward to promoting and seeing the events run over the next few months.
A website with drug and alcohol information which parents, students and staff may find helpful is: https://positivechoices.org.au/ Also, you are always welcome to contact the Well-being Team for support, to ask any questions or for further information/resources.
Elona Koop
Student Counsellor and LDAT member
Child360 App
An Excerpt from 'Emerging Minds'
In an Australian first, we have just launched a free app called Child360. It provides practical tools and a clear pathway for parents to help identify and manage the mental health needs of their children.
Our Director, Brad Morgan says the app was developed after recognising that all families face challenges that can impact children’s mental and emotional wellbeing and that it can be daunting for parents to know where to begin looking for help.
“The Child360 app gives parents a simple, trustworthy, pro-active tool for taking stock of their children’s social and emotional wellbeing,” Mr Morgan said.
“It can be a powerful starting point for parents who are confused or overwhelmed.”
Child360 allows parents to develop a confidential profile of their child and answer questions about areas such as:
- parent-child relationships
- emotions and behaviour
- routines
- communication, and
- support networks.
After answering the questions, parents select an area to work on and then choose from three levels of action, including:
- Accessing information through articles, videos and podcasts.
- Speaking to someone via an online or phone service.
- Making an appointment to see a GP or child and maternal health nurse.
Child360 was developed in partnership with parents, health professionals, researchers and parenting experts, and draws on evidence-based practices to guide parents towards credible, quality information that best suits their situation and their children’s needs. Parents can even download a letter from the app to take to their GP, with prompts to help with discussing areas of concern."
Download it via the App Store or Google Play Store now.