___________________

Resources

Supporting yourself or someone you care for can sometimes feel like a lot to hold. You’re not expected to do it alone.

Below is a collection of trusted, evidence-informed resources that I often share with children, adults, and families. These can offer guidance, reassurance, and practical strategies as you navigate development, wellbeing, or daily life. Whether you’re waiting for appointments, adjusting to a diagnosis, or simply looking for additional support along the way.

I only recommend resources that I have personally used, explored, or shared with clients in practice. Each one has been selected for its relevance, reliability, and alignment with a neuro-affirming, strengths-based approach. While they don’t replace individualised therapy, these tools can be helpful for individuals and families seeking extra support between sessions.

___________________

Understanding Yourself and Your Child

These resources offer a gentle starting point for making sense of development, behaviour, emotions, and everyday challenges. They can support both children and adults in building understanding, language, and practical insight.

  • Be You
    A comprehensive Australian resource covering child and adolescent development, mental health, trauma, grief, relationships, and wellbeing.

  • Emerging Minds
    Practical, evidence-based resources to support children’s emotional wellbeing and family life.

  • FindWays
    A helpful starting point for understanding behaviour and emotions, particularly while waiting to access further support.

____________

Autism Specific Support

These resources are designed to support understanding of autism and neurodivergence across the lifespan. They include practical guidance, lived experience perspectives, and tools to support meaningful participation in daily life.

___________________

Mental Health and Wellbeing

These supports focus on emotional wellbeing, stress, anxiety, and coping strategies. They can be helpful for children, young people, and adults at different points of life, whether things feel manageable or more overwhelming.

  • BRAVE Self-Help Program
    A free online program to help children and families build skills around anxiety and fears.

  • Smiling Mind
    A free mindfulness app supporting emotional regulation, focus, and stress management.

  • Beyond Blue
    Information, tools, and 24/7 support for anxiety, depression, and stress.

  • Beyond Now
    An app designed to help create a personalised safety plan during times of crisis.

  • Kids Helpline
    Free, confidential counselling for children and young people aged 5–25.

___________________

Support for Individuals & Families

These resources are here for anyone navigating caregiving, parenting, or supporting a loved one. They offer guidance, reassurance, and connection, recognising that support systems often extend beyond one person.

  • MyTime
    A supportive space for parents and carers of children with disability or developmental delay.

  • Carer Gateway
    Free services including counselling, coaching, and respite support.

  • Envisage Families
    A strengths-based program supporting families to feel more confident navigating developmental differences.

  • Raising Children’s Network
    A trusted, evidence-based resource covering all stages of child development.

  • Raising Healthy Minds
    Practical tools and tips to support your child’s emotional wellbeing.

  • Triple P – Positive Parenting Program
    Practical, research-backed strategies to support behaviour and strengthen family relationships.

  • Planet Puberty
    Inclusive guidance for supporting young people through puberty, body awareness, and personal safety.

  • Nurture ADHD
    A supportive, neuro-affirming resource offering practical strategies and mindset shifts.

___________________

Immediate Support

If things feel urgent or difficult to hold, these services provide immediate, accessible support. They are available to help you or someone you care about take the next step safely.

  • Maternal and Child Health Line (13 22 29)
    24/7 phone support from qualified nurses for advice on child health, sleep, feeding, development, and parent wellbeing.

  • Parentline Victoria (13 22 89)
    Free phone counselling (8am–midnight, 7 days) for parenting concerns, behaviour challenges, and family stress.

___________________

Local Supports (Geelong Region)

City of Greater Geelong Parenting Programs
Free parenting programs and education sessions offered both in-person and online.

___________________

Equipment & Assistive Technology

National Equipment Database
A national database to explore and compare assistive technology and equipment options.

___________________

Emotional Regulation

___________________

Sensory Processing

___________________

A Gentle Reminder

Every person and every family is different. There’s no need to take in everything at once.

If you’re unsure where to begin, I’m here to help you find what feels most relevant, supportive, and manageable for where you’re at.

___________________