Survival Skills for Young People

Everyone needs survival skills to get ahead in life. This topic covers the skills young people need to develop and the issues they face as they prepare for independence. Here you'll find information ranging from planning a career and budgeting to living with others and coping with relationships.

Information on specific topics such as sex, relationships, drugs and alcohol, can be found by checking the HealthInsite topic page on Young People [HealthInsite Topic Page]

Reviewed May 2007

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Title:   Stroke survivor stories
Publisher:   National Stroke Foundation (NSF)
Description:   The stories provided on this page are representative of the stroke stories which occur every year in Australia.
Date:   May 2008

Title:   Gangs
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Were you in a gang when you were a little kid? Maybe you had a big enough family to be a gang of your own! Maybe you were the 'sand pit' gang, the 'cubby house' gang or the 'skipping rope' gang.
Date:   May 2008

Title:   Social networking online
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Young people often spend a lot of time on their computer playing games, emailing or using social networking sites such as MySpace, Bebo and Facebook. Parents often worry about how much time young people spend in front of a computer.
Date:   Mar 2008

Title:   Opportunities provision for preventing youth gang involvement for children and young people (7-16)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Research has shown that youth who join gangs are more likely to be involved in delinquency and crime, particularly serious and violent offences, compared to non-gang youth and non-gang delinquent youth. Opportunities provision is a commonly used gang pr...
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   Gangs
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Gangs and gang violence appear in movies and in the news from time to time. But what is the reality of gangs, crews, or organised crime?
Date:   Jan 2008

Title:   Gangs
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Gangs and gang violence appear in movies and in the news from time to time. But what is the reality of gangs, crews, or organised crime?
Date:   Jan 2008

Title:   Share houses
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Moving out of home can be a very big step. There are so many things you need to think about and so many expenses involved. A good way to make this transition easier is to move into a share house.
Date:   Jan 2008

Title:   Cognitive-behavioural interventions for preventing youth gang involvement for children and young people (7-16)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Research indicates that youth who join gangs are more likely to be involved in delinquency and crime, particularly serious and violent offences, compared to non-gang youth and non-gang delinquent youth. Research also has found that both delinquent youth...
Date:   Jan 2008

Title:   Peer pressure
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Peer groups are groups of friends of about the same age. Peer groups can be a very positive influence on your teenager's life. On the other hand, they may influence in a way that is undesirable.
Date:   Jan 2008

Title:   Media release. Don't let your time in the sun catch up with you
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government's skin cancer prevention campaign is aimed at young people and focuses on the dangers of exposure to the sun.
Date:   Jan 2008

Title:   Getting your licence
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Getting your drivers licence is a big moment for most young people. It often represents a move into the adult world, and gives the opportunity for more freedom.
Date:   Nov 2007

Title:   Living with a disability
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   A disability means that a person is not able to do something that other people of their age and community can do because of something about their body.
Date:   Oct 2007

Title:   Body piercing
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Getting a piercing can be a statement about who you are, a form of body art that can be seen as less permanent than tattooing, yet still daring.
Date:   Oct 2007

Title:   Swearing - using bad words
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Swearing is a way of speaking that some people use to express their feelings of anger, annoyance, and frustration or when they want to hurt someone else's feelings.
Date:   Aug 2007

Title:   Looking for work
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   This fact sheet contains practical advice for job hunters
Date:   Aug 2007

Title:   Leaving home
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Leaving home is a big step. This fact sheet contains information about making that decision and preparing to leave home
Date:   Aug 2007

Title:   Loneliness
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Human beings are social beings that need each other. Without regular and positive contact, most of us feel lonely.
Date:   Jun 2007

Title:   Teenage parties
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Having parties, being invited to parties and going to parties are very important to teenagers. However things can go wrong.
Date:   May 2007

Title:   Moving
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Moving is a big decision. There can be many reasons why you or your family are moving.
Date:   Mar 2007

Title:   Promoting independence and letting go
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Information is provided about why it is important to encourage independence in children with physical disability, what effects independence and where parents can go to get more information on this topic.
Date:   Dec 2006
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