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Category Archives: Early intervention
Stop the violence; Teachers demand end to fear
Date: 11/05/12 Authors: Tanya Chilcott and Andrew MacDonald Source: The Courier Mail, pp. 1-2 Synopsis: Teachers and principals have stepped up calls for help to deal with rising child mental health and behavioural issues as student violence continues to cause … Continue reading
Posted in Mental health, Autism, Youth, Qld, Disability, Early intervention, Education, Support
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Kimberley rangers in suicide first-aid role
Date: 11/05/12 Author: Paige Taylor Source: The Australian, p. 9 Synopsis: More than 150 rangers employed to care for plants and animals across the Kimberley are getting training in suicide first-aid so they can respond to an epidemic of hangings … Continue reading
Posted in Mental health, Youth, NSW, WA, Rural, regional, remote, Early intervention, Indigenous, Suicide
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Pitt and Palaszczuk launch new autism guide at opening of new Camira autism centre
Date: 16/02/2012 Source: Statement from the Honourable Curtis Pitt, Minister for Disability Services, Mental Health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Synopsis: Disability Services Minister Curtis Pitt and State Member for Inala the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk today launched a … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Budget, Disability, Early intervention, Education
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Design plans for Bundaberg’s new autism early intervention centre unveiled
Date: 24/01/2012 Source: Media release from the Honourable Curtis Pitt, Minister for Disability Services, Mental Health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Synopsis: Disability Services Minister Curtis Pitt has released design plans for Bundaberg’s new autism early intervention centre, … Continue reading
Posted in Early intervention, Support, Youth
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Mental Health Issues to Escalate
Date: 10/08/2011 Reporter: Andrew Trounson Source: The Australian, Higher Education supplement, pg 35 Synopsis: Mental Health issues among the student population are likely to escalate as universities attract more young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, researchers have warned. They point to … Continue reading
Posted in Early intervention, Education, Mental health, Youth
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Mental health testing planned for tots
Date: 13/05/2011 Reporter: Anna Caldwell Source: The Courier Mail, p 11 Synopsis: The federal government’s $1.5 billion mental health package is directed at early intervention of mental illness. To facilitate this, every 3-year-old child could have their mental health tested … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Early intervention, Federal, Mental health
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