Parents' Guide: Youth Violence, Knife crime & Gangs

Parents’ Guide: Youth Violence, Knife crime & Gangs

This toolkit for parents and carers is designed to help provide a glossary of facts, practical advice to look for signs of their child’s involvement in violence, knife crime or gangs, as well as tips on how to speak to their child and how they…


I Gotta Feeling: Top Tips For Feeling Good booklet, for youths

This booklet lists some things that young people have found helped them feel better when they felt sad, stressed or angry and some things that help you feel good generally. Contents – tips covered: Talk to someone Do something you enjoy Find ways to chill…


How to talk to your child about knives (a parents’ guide)

This leaflet holds practical advice for parents/carers on what they can do to reduce the likelihood of a child carrying a knife. The guide aims to give some pointers on what to look for, how to raise the subject and who to contact if parents…


Adolescent family violence intervention program: Step-UP

Step-Up is a nationally recognized adolescent family violence intervention program designed to address youth violence toward family members. Violent behavior includes threats, intimidation, property destruction, degrading language and physical violence. The goal of Step-Up is for youth to stop violence and abuse toward their family…


Home Truths – app teaching about living on your own

About to move out for the first time? Whether you’re moving into student accommodation or your own place, living away from home can be an eye opening and daunting experience. Home Truths is here to teach you EVERYTHING you need to know about living on…


Coping with pressure at school (Teen’s guide)

It takes up five days a week and there are all the pressures of schoolwork, homework, making friends and taking exams. It can seem scary. But we all have bad days (even if we don’t show it!) and on the whole, school is great with…


Teen relationship abuse: Safety Plan

A practical guide to creating a safety plan with teenagers who are in a relationship with an abusive partner. It covers the following areas: Staying safe at school Staying safe at home Staying safe emotionally Getting help in your community These are things I can…


Lifeskills: Get Ready For Adult Life – Young People’s Pack

This large workbook has been put together to give young people information and advice to help prepare them for adult life. It covers 10 areas of life skills including Money, Education, Family/Relationships, Accommodation, Looking After Yourself, Having Your Say, Legal Rights, Being in Care, and…


Young people’s safety questionnaire/toolkit

The questionnaire can be used by professionals working with young people aged between 13 and 18 as a way of opening up discussions about safety in a non-accusatory manner. The idea behind this tool is that it gives young people information about risky situations, whilst…


Helping teenagers to cope with Domestic Abuse booklet

It is hoped that the information in this booklet will in some way help teenagers and parents to live a life free from violence and abuse. It will also help parents to understand: • The ways domestic abuse affects young people and their development. •…


Growing up drug free: A parent’s guide to prevention

‘Growing up drug free: A parent’s guide to prevention’ provides a user-friendly guide for what to do and how to communicate about the harmful effects of illicit drugs and alcohol to children from elementary through high school. It is organized in 6 major sections: What you…


When Your Brother or Sister Has Cancer: A Guide for Teens

This colourful and easy to read guide is for young people who have a brother or sister with cancer. It gives information and advice on: Ways to deal with changes the young person’s family may go through Finding support and talking with friends What the…


Lemons or Lemonade?: An Anger Workbook for Teens

This workbook is for young people 13 and older who express their anger in ways that harm others, themselves, animals, and personal property. The workbook is especially helpful for children who have experienced complex trauma and are hurt, angry, and bereft as a result. Adults…


The Adolescent Wellbeing Scale

The questionnaire contains 18 questions, each relating to different aspects of a child or adolescent’s life, and how they feel about these. The scale is intended to enable practitioners to gain more insight and understanding into how an adolescent feels about their life.


Social Smarts: Privacy, the Internet and You

The 12-page graphic novel is designed to appeal to tweens and younger teens and teach them about the importance of protecting their privacy online. It tells a story of a brother and sister who learn (sometimes the hard way) about the privacy risks related to…


Dealing With Depression: Antidepressant Skills for Teens

The handbook covers various topic on depression such as what depression is, what causes it and how to treat it. The handbook contains several worksheets which encourage a young person to think of their own ideas about addressing depression. Click here to view/download CONTENTS About…