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 going to the HealthInsite topic page on Young People [HealthInsite Topic Page]

Reviewed January 2012

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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:   Jan 2012
Title:   Leaving home
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   This fact sheet contains information about making the decision and preparing to leave home.
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   Social skills - Parents
Publisher:   Headroom (South Australia)
Description:   Positive relationships with a range of people are vital to positive mental health. To develop these relationships, children need to learn the social skills that fit with the groups in which they mix and live. Here are ways parents, family and friends can promote social skills in children.
Date:   Dec 2011
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:   Nov 2011
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:   Nov 2011
Title:   Occupational therapy
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Occupational therapists assist people to overcome various limitations in order to live more independent lives. They work in many environments, including schools, nursing homes, hospitals and workplaces.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Leaving home
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   To leave or to stay? At some time, often in their late teens or early twenties, young people decide to leave home. The ideal situation would be where the move is by mutual agreement, with parents and the young person feeling that the time is right.
Date:   Oct 2011
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:   Sep 2011
Title:   Moving out of home - tips for young people
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Most young people move out of home and set up their own place during their late teens to late 20s. Whether or not leaving home goes smoothly depends on the reasons you are moving out and the strength of the relationship you have with your family. Think about how your parents may be feeling and talk with them if they are worried about you.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Moving out of home - tips for parents
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Most people move out of home and set up their own place during their late teens to late 20s. Whether or not leaving home is a smooth transition depends on the reasons your child is moving out and the strength of the relationship you have with them. As parents, you need to be aware of the young person's needs and communicate any concerns you have.
Date:   Aug 2011
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 2011
Title:   Friends - Young People
Publisher:   Headroom (South Australia)
Description:   Friends can play an important role in the well-being of your mental health. They can also play a major role in making your life a misery, thereby affecting your mental health in a negative way. How people treat you as an individual determines how friendly you are with them.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Ages and stages - Parents
Publisher:   Headroom (South Australia)
Description:   An explanation for parents and carers of the various stages of their child's peer relationships, from infancy to adolescence, and what they can do to promote friendships in children.
Date:   Dec 2011
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:   Aug 2010
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:   Jul 2010
Title:   Young people and parties
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Adolescence is a time for young people to learn the personal and social skills they need as they become adults. Having parties, being invited to parties and going to parties are very important events in a young person's life.
Date:   Apr 2010
Title:   Peer pressure
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Peer groups are groups of friends of about the same age, often with similar interests. We all belong to a range of peer groups at different times throughout life.
Date:   Apr 2010
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:   Jul 2009
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:   Apr 2007
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:   Apr 2007

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