Response Ability

WELCOME TO RESPONSE ABILITY

Driving child and youth wellbeing

Response Ability aims to improve mental health outcomes for all Australians, through a focus on mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention, and suicide prevention in children and young people.

CHILD Framework

CHILD is an evidence-based framework that summarises the practical strategies that can be used to support children’s optimal social and emotional development and wellbeing.
Children’s Services

Response Ability promotes health and wellbeing concepts which contribute to positive health and learning outcomes for all children.
Looking after yourself

We need to maintain our own wellbeing in order to work effectively with children and young people and to provide support to the people around us.
Primary and Early Childhood

The Response Ability teaching and learning materials include films, activities and student handouts.
Project team

Learn about the Response Ability project team.
Secondary

Response Ability supports the exploration of students' social and emotional wellbeing, in the pre-service training of teachers.