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Complementary Programs
| Program | Objective |
| ACE - Adolescents Coping with Emotions | Indicated preventive group intervention for students aged 13 to 16 years. It aims to identify young people at risk of depression and improve their mood, school functioning and coping skills. |
| Group program for students aged 10 to 13 years that aims to promote mental health and wellbeing and prevent emotional problems such as depression and anxiety. |
| Cool Kids | Therapy-based intervention for young people experiencing anxiety. |
| FRIENDS | School-based program designed to assist students in developing life skills to effectively cope with difficult or anxiety-provoking situations. |
| Kids Help Line Peer Skills | Trains people aged 14 to 18 years to become peer helpers. |
| LivingWorks: ASIST | Suicide prevention training program designed to increase people's ability to recognise when someone may be at risk of suicide, and respond appropriately. |
| Triple P: Positive Parenting Program - Teens | A group program designed to increase parenting skills and confidence. |
| Resourceful Adolescent Program (RAP)
| RAP - Adolescents is a universal program that aims to build resilience in pre-teenagers and younger adolescents. RAP - Parents is an early intervention program designed to help parents promote the optimal family environment for healthy adolescent development. It addresses known family protective factors for adolescent depression and suicide. |
| Seasons for Growth | Targeted program dealing with issues of grief and loss. |
| The Heart Masters | A resource which can be used by teachers to develop resilience and increase the coping skills of students up to junior secondary level. |
| Internet resources | Objective |
| Headroom | Mental health information |
| Kids Help Line | Internet-based counselling and information |
| Reach Out! | Mental health information |
Community initiatives
| Initiative | Purpose |
| CommunityLIFE | The CommunityLIFE project aims to support groups in the community to plan and develop suicide prevention activities and programs. |
| Reach Out! (RORRT!) | Reach Out! visits young people to provide them with information about the Reach Out! website. It provides an opportunity for young people to contribute to this site in a positive way. |
| Australian Divisions of General Practice | Australian Divisions of General Practice (ADGP) represents 121 Divisions of General Practice across Australia. It coordinates a number of national programs to improve the health of all Australians. |
| School Link (NSW) | School Link is a collaborative initiative between NSW Health and the NSW Department of Education and Training that aims to improve the understanding, recognition, treatment and prevention of depression and related disorders in adolescents. |
| Families Matter | An initiative to inform and involve parents and caregivers about MindMatters in a whole school approach to social and emotional wellbeing. |