ABSTRACT
Schools with peer helper and conflict resolution programs have teens who are trained in peer education, leadership, listening and helping skills. Nicole Gibson brings programs to schools across Australia. Taking her programs into both primary schools and high schools, she's facilitated workshops in hundreds of schools and reached hundreds of thousands of Australian youth. Her programs include nine-week well-being programs, youth motivation days, teachers' and parents' nights, a "hero within" prevention program, and more. Parents and children have a right to be informed about adverse long-term effects of the medications that are so readily prescribed, especially when effective therapies that do no harm are available. And diets that are deficient in micronutrients essential for optimal brain development have also been linked to children's psychological disturbances. When someone in a family is given a psychiatric diagnosis, families are educated to understand the experience from a brain disease/medical perspective.
