Family Support Resources
Parent and Family Support
Community support services, resources, and organisations for all families.
List of educational materials specific to Autism. Selection of suggested services to support families in need of mental health, advocacy, and ADHD plus council, government, and community support for families.
ADHD Supports
Organisation
Supports
Info / Links / Documents
The Garden Family Medical Clinic
Our ADHD appointments are for general information, advice, comprehensive referrals, practical tips, parenting support, letters and contact with schools or employers and mental health support. At this point in time (as at Jan 2023), our GP’s are unable to formally diagnose ADHD or prescribe initial dosing of medication for ADHD (as per WA state legislation).
Advocacy Supports
Organisation
Supports
Info / Links / Documents
Carer’s WA
Advocating and Supporting Family Carers from carer’s gateways, social supports, community capacity development and more.
Explorability Inc. (NFP)
Individual advocacy support- provides free Individual Advocacy services in the Perth Metropolitan, Peel and Wheatbelt regions to people with disability, alongside their families and carers.
Uniting WA
Free, confidential advocacy service that promotes the rights of people with disability and those who identity as having a mental health issue.
Autism Supports
Organisation
Supports
Info / Links / Documents
Autism Association WA
Webinars, Parent Groups, Childhood Champions, Sibling Programs, Training, Advisors, Factsheets, Social Stories, Autism Alert Card
Autism Speaks (US Based)
100 Day Kit for families of young children newly diagnosed with Autism.
Autism Spectrum Australia
Range of fact sheets, social stories, and other resources to support families and participants.
Factsheets: Understanding Autism, Siblings, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Girls and Women on the Autism, Spectrum, Sensory Processing, Dietary Interventions for Autism, Autism and ADHD, Tackling Bullying, Social Boundaries, Aspect Practice iPad Update, Explaining Death and Coping with loss, Restrictive Practices
Autism: What next
Simple but comprehensive resource to help find out about Austism.
Developmental Disability WA
Autism Parent Handbook
Positive Partnerships
Working together to support school age students on the autism spectrum.
Resources, Information Sheets, Parent/ Carer Workshops, Communication Tools
Raising Children
Autism specific resources, Factsheets, Social Stories, Understanding Behaviours, Videos, Communications and Relationships.
Telethon Kids Institute – CliniKids
60 Seconds Science – Bec Kuzminski discusses a recent study which looked at strengths knowledge and use among autistic adults compared to non-autistic adults.
Government Supports
Organisation
Supports
Info / Links / Documents
Carers Payment and Carers Allowance
Australian Government financial assistance.
Department of Education
Resources for children with special educational needs
Wanslea
Early Childhood Coordinators
Contact your Wanslea coordinator/planner they should have local resources
Local Council Supports
Organisation
Supports
Info / Links / Documents
Cockburn Council
Free short term counselling, information, and support for City of Cockburn residents.
Cockburn Council
My Time: A free group for Aboriginal parents and grandparents.
The group meets on Tuesday during school terms at the Coolbellup Hub.
Cockburn Council
My Time: A free group for Aboriginal parents and grandparents.
Text Message
Text ‘Wllbeing4Me’ to 0400 884 151, you will be sent a link to access an app and resource. Tap on the link. If you don’t already have the ‘Access My Community’ app, you will be directed to either Google Pay or App store to download it.
Once downloaded, access the app to find the resource ‘Mental Health Support: Cockburn, Fremantle and Melville.’
Mental Health Supports
Organisation
Supports
Info / Links / Documents
Australian Government – Head to Health
Navigating mental health. Finding services, digital resources, face-to-face services.
Australian Government – My Services
Find mental health and other services locally.
Australian Psychological Society
Find a Psych online specific to your needs.
Bark.com
Find local professionals (e.g. Counsellor)
Discover Therapy
Children Counselling, Teen Therapy, Family Therapy
Support NDIS participants
Helping Minds
Mental health supports, Group supports and Workshops.
Mental Health Online
Comprehensive and effective online services and programs free of charge
Minds Online
Online Mental Health supports with counsellor or psychologist.
Reach Out
Mental health supports on mobile app.
MyTime
Offers groups activates where parents can share challenges, support each other and build relationships.
Siblings Australia
An opportunity for brothers and sisters to connect and share experiences with other siblings and parents with similar journeys.
Raising Children
MEntal health supports and links
Reach Out
One-on-one online supports for parents and cares.
Articles, factsheets and tips.
Connect with other parents – Parent forms.
Online Directory
Organisation
Supports
Info / Links / Documents
Perth Kids Hub
Perth Kids Hub is your online guide to Perth’s paediatric therapists, specialist, educators and schools who support kids and teenagers who learn, think or develop differently.
Paediatrician
Organisation
Supports
Info / Links / Documents
Parent Support Program
Organisation
Supports
Info / Links / Documents
Circle of Security
Early intervention program for parents and children
Triple P
Positive Parenting Program – research proven, positive tips to help everyday families.
