These websites can help young people, their families and clinicians navigate transitioning to adult health services, and growing up in general.
Resources
Information for young people about healthy sex, sexually transmitted infection testing and Nurse Nettie who answers sexual health questions.
A national family planning organisation giving advice on contraception, sexually transmitted infection checks and reproductive health. Was previously known as Marie Stopes Australia.
Helps parents find a better way to talk about sex to empower their young person to make smart sexual decisions.
Information for people with disability and their carers on accessing sex workers and resources.
Sexuality education for young people and the adults who teach them.
Family Planning NSW
Family Planning NSW - All about sex
Fact sheets for people with intellectual disability and those who support them.
Family Planning NSW - Body Talk
Answers questions around people and their body.
NSW family planning - Disability
Information for people with disability
NSW family planning - Sex Safe and Fun
Resources for teaching people with intellectual disability about positive safe sex messages.
Tools to help clinicians support their client’s decision making.
Support to find the right Australian digital mental health resources.
Information and support for people with anxiety and depression.
Free 24-hour hotline for crisis support and suicide prevention. Call 13 11 14.
Free online and telephone counselling service for young people 5-25 years. Also provides support for parents, carers and schools. Call 1800 55 1800.
Information for young people under 25 years, answering everyday questions about anything from sexual to mental health.
Mental Health support and information for young people 12-25 years. Includes an online and telephone support and counselling service.
A safe alternative to a hospital emergency department for young people experiencing emotional and suicidal distress.
Online programs that help young people identify, understand and improve things like stress, insomnia, worry, anxiety and depression. It also has a section for clinicians.
Making health information accessible for people with an intellectual disability
Easy read resources for mental health services in NSW.
Father Chris Riley’s Youth off the Streets
A non-denominational providing support to disadvantaged young people who may be homeless, dependent on drugs or recovering from abuse.
Represents young people at risk of and experiencing homelessness and services who support them.
Builds strength and resilience and promotes a healthy lifestyle by using positive psychology approaches.
Connects with young people, uncovers what’s holding them back and gives them the skills to navigate life’s challenges.
ChIPS (Chronic Illness Peer Support)
A peer support program for young people living with a chronic illness or condition affecting their daily life.
Good sleep helps with mood, performance, and productivity. These free resources will teach you how to optimize your sleep and sleep space to rest better, work better, and learn better.
A range of youth health services and resources in NSW.
Help accessing services, such as housing, health, financial, educational and legal, in a young person’s local community.
HNE Kids Health - (Hunter New England)
Information on children’s health services in the Hunter New England Local Health District.
Health related support and advice to young people 12-25 years. Located in Tasmania.
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
Provides transition information and tailored information for young people with congenital cardiac conditions.
Connects young people living with serious illness or disability throughout Australia. Run by the Starlight Foundation.
Rights of children and young people in health care
Includes the Charter on the Rights of Children and Young People in Healthcare Services in Australia.
Office of the NSW Advocate for Children and Young People
An independent office working to improve the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people in NSW.
Mission Australia Youth Survey
Australia’s largest online youth survey provides a platform for young people, 15-19 years, to speak up about what concerns them.
Australian Association for Adolescent Health (AAAH)
Promotes the health and wellbeing of young people 12-25 years.
NSW Youth Health Framework 2017- 24
Supporting NSW Health to consider the health and wellbeing of young people when planning and delivering services and programs.
Youth Health and Wellbeing Assessment Guideline
The best evidence (at the time of publishing) for conducting a youth health and wellbeing assessment.
A guide that helps workers deliver effective and youth-friendly health services.
Youth Friendly Checklist for Health Services
For service providers to help plan how to improve health services for young people.
Substance Use and Young People Framework
Principles for drug and alcohol services on working with young people with substance use concerns.
Supporting Young People During Transition to Adult Mental Health Services Guideline
Support for local health districts and specialty health networks to develop local policies and protocols for young people transitioning to adult mental health services.
Information about early childhood, primary school, secondary education and higher education in NSW.
NSW Education Standards Authority
Information for Higher School Certificate students with a disability and their schools to apply for disability provisions.
National Disability Coordination Officer Program
Assistance for people with disability to access and participate in tertiary education and employment.
Provides vocational education and training courses.
Clinical and community services based on research, to inform policy initiatives, practice and programs for people with disabilities. Affiliated with the Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney.
Universities Admission Centre’s Education Access Scheme
Helps students who have experienced significant educational disadvantages receive an offer to study at university.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) website.
Services Australia Payment and Service Finder
An online tool to find payments and services you may be eligible for from the Australian Government, for example Centrelink, Medicare and myGov.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s report on Australia's youth and their experiences of education, mental health, wellbeing, employment, living circumstances and personal relationships.
NSW Department of Communities and Justice
Information about the department and related NSW Government agencies.
Free and confidential legal information and help for children and young people, under 25 years, in Australia.
Legal advice and information for young people under 18 years. Call 1800 10 18 10.
NSW
Agency for Clinical Innovation Transition care Service
Practical help with transition planning for young people, their parents and healthcare professionals
Transition service for the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network.
Canada
British Columbia Children’s Hospital
Support for young people and their families or caregivers to gain the confidence, skills and knowledge to enter the adult health care system.
Ontario based organisation that provides the MyTransition app.
United States of America
A service in Washington improving transition from paediatric to adult health care services.
United Kingdom
Support for patients and their carers through the transition in Southampton.
Children with Exceptional Healthcare Needs: National Managed Clinical Network
Strengthens specialist services for children with complex and exceptional healthcare needs in Scotland.
Support for children living with life-limiting conditions and their families.
Ireland
Help for young people moving from children’s to adult healthcare services
Provides information, education, training, resources and referrals to support carers.
Emotional, practical and financial support for carers.
Support for parents of children with disabilities from the Australian Government Department of Social Services.
Advocacy and support for families, relatives and friends of people who experience mental illness in NSW. Formally known as Arafmi NSW.
Book a doctor, general practitioner (GP), dentist or specialist in Australia.
Access a network of home visiting doctors, including after hours and bulk bill options. Call 13 74 25.
Free 24-hour health advice. Provides a symptom checker tool. Call 1800 022 222.
An online summary of your key health information. All Australians have a My Health Record, unless they opted out before 31 January 2019.
Disability
NSW Department of Communities and Justice
Access an inclusion plan, resources, guidelines and employment options for people with a disability.
Hire and manage disability support workers who fit your needs. NDIS registered.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) website.
Youth Disability Advocacy Service
Advocacy service helping young people with disability achieve their human rights.
Addresses challenges with disclosing a disability by providing options and pathways for people with disability.
Child development, rehabilitation and disability services for people living with disability, and support for families and carers.
Physical Disability Council of NSW
The peak representative organisation of and for people with physical disability across NSW.
ADHD
Support for adults with ADHD.
Autism spectrum disorder
Support and services for people with autism.
How to Transition to Tertiary Education
Guide to transitioning to tertiary education for young people with autism.
Down syndrome
Support for families and professionals.
Cerebral palsy
Family-centred therapies, life skills programs, equipment and support for people and their families living with cerebral palsy.
Cystic fibrosis
Provides advocacy, support services and resources.
Allergies
Australasian Society of Immunology and Allergy
Advancing the science and practice of allergy and clinical immunology. Provides checklist on transition for people with severe allergy.
Diabetes
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Information about juvenile diabetes.
Information for young people, parents and carers and clinicians.
National Diabetes Services Scheme
Support for young people 16-25 years living with diabetes.
Information and support for people with diabetes.
Information and support for people with diabetes.
Epilepsy
Resources, support, and community and clinical education.
Cardiac
Support, research and advocacy.
Intellectual or developmental disability
Resources to help improve the journey for people with an intellectual disability and those who support them.
CID (Council for Intellectual Disability)
Making change, empowering people and connecting with communities for and with people with intellectual disability.
IDRS (Intellectual Disability Rights Service)
Specialist legal advocacy for people with intellectual disability in NSW.
Visual tools to help people with disabilities, their parents and carers to participate in routine medical procedures such as blood tests and physical exams.
Support for children and young people living with disability or developmental delay, their families and carers.
Palliative care
Information for patients, carers and health professionals about palliative care services.
Arthritis and osteoporosis
Arthritis and Osteoporosis, Western Australia
Insights into young people's experiences of living with persistent pain.