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When going to school feels impossible
Understand attendance difficulties and start a supported return without blame.
Matching section: Make safety part of the conversation
Relationships & identityWhen your parents separate
Find support, protect your role and ask for practical changes during family separation.
Matching section: Stay out of the messenger role
Everyday independenceCooking confidence starts with a few repeatable meals
Learn a manageable kitchen routine without expensive equipment or perfection.
Matching section: Set up before turning on the heat
Digital lifeGetting help with image-based abuse
What to do if someone shares or threatens to share intimate images without your consent.
Matching section: The responsibility belongs to the person causing harm
Relationships & identityDeciding whether you want to date
Explore your own interest, boundaries and expectations without following someone else’s timeline.
Matching section: Make safety part of the plan
Study & workYour first week at work: what to find out
Get clear instructions, keep useful records and build confidence as a new starter.
Matching section: Expect to need explanations
Everyday independenceWhen you help care for someone at home
Recognise caring responsibilities and find support without having to give up caring.
Matching section: Caring can be part of ordinary family life
Everyday independenceYour first budget: a plan that can survive real life
Build a simple money plan around your actual income, everyday needs and changing weeks.
Matching section: Give irregular expenses somewhere to live
Mind & wellbeingWhen everything feels stressful
Work out what is adding pressure and build a practical plan for a demanding week.
Matching section: Try a brief reset
Body & healthGetting enough sleep as a teenager
Build a sleep routine around school, shifts and a changing body clock.
Matching section: When a routine is not enough
Study & workHow to ask for ADHD or autism support at school, TAFE or work
Use examples from classes, assessments or shifts to ask for an adjustment and work out whether it is helping.
Matching section: At TAFE or on a placement, ask early
Relationships & identityWorking through conflict with a friend
How to describe a problem, hear each other and decide what happens next.
Matching section: Choose a useful way to talk