Health Conditions

Information for kids teens, parents, carers and schools supporting children living with Diabetes including Diabuddies programs and online support group.

Asthma Australia ACT provides online asthma training and resources for early childhood educators and school staff.  

Asthma Australia ACT provides asthma information, resources and support to parents and carers.

When anyone in a school community is diagnosed with cancer, people usually want to help but may not be sure where to start.

The children's Asthma Education Service (CAES) provides children, young people and their families with initial and continuing support to manage their asthma.  

Are your students getting sore arms, hands, and neck? It’s never too early to get on top of exercises that help prevent and treat overuse injuries. 

Epilepsy ACT provides responsive information and education services to community organisations, health and welfare groups, businesses, education providers, students and any other group where a need is identified.

All kids deserve a chance to dream big, and kids with type 1 diabetes shouldn’t be any different.

DiaBuddies supports children living with type 1 diabetes and their parents and carers to feel connected, confident and part of a community. When your child is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus, it’s normal to feel different, afraid and worried.

1 in 200 students are living with epilepsy. Epilepsy ACT provides both online and in-house training to early childhood educators and to school staff. It only takes 3 steps to become an Epilepsy Smart School.

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is a general name for several kinds of arthritis.

Get free expert advice, counselling and the chance to connect with other parents in similar situations. Specialist counsellors are available to help parents develop coping strategies due to the challenges that cancer brings. Join the Community. 

PPEP Talk® is a fun, medically accurate and age-appropriate information session incorporating the modern neuroscience of pain, of benefit to all students, particularly the 1 in 4 girls and people assigned female at birth with severe period pain.

The Periods, Pain and Endometriosis Program (PPEP Talk®) Menstrual Education for students in Grades 5-9 is a 90 minute wellbeing presentation educating students and smashing the shame and taboo around periods, one classroom at a time.

RSI, or Repetitive Strain Injury, happens when we use our hands and wrists too much doing the same motion over and over again, like typing or playing video games. It can make our hands or arms feel tired, sore, or even hurt.

The ACT Government's School Health Service provide young people, their parents and members of the school community with access to a health professional in the school setting.

Canteen is here to help school communities support students who are impacted by cancer.

Smarter Body Art – Helping People Stay Healthy. Body art practices, such as piercing and tattooing, can put you at risk.

Support for students, parents/carers and teachers in better understanding these chronic conditions including a support group for young people. 

The following students activities are designed by Dairy Australia to stimulate, challenge, and to help promote optimal bone health in the classroom.