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PRACTICAL SUPPORT · AUSTRALIA
Housing, food, health, money and access to learning affect what a person can do. Start here if you need practical support for yourself or someone else. These links are freely accessible; you do not need to buy an ASU service or join a mailing list.
Free, anonymous directory
Ask Izzy · Australia
Search nearby services for housing, meals, money help, counselling and other essentials. Useful when you are without secure housing or helping someone find support.
The search is free and anonymous. Availability and entry requirements depend on the listed service.
Checked 25 October 2026
Government information
Services Australia · Australia
A starting point for housing-related assistance and links to services in each state and territory.
Payment and housing eligibility differ. This information does not guarantee accommodation or income support.
Checked 25 October 2026
Free support and centre finder
Medicare Mental Health · Australia
Find a centre offering free, confidential mental health and wellbeing support. No referral or appointment is needed.
Centres are not crisis services. Check the provider for locations, hours and the support available.
Checked 25 October 2026
Free youth and family support
eheadspace · Australia
Online and phone mental health support for young people and their families, with options to speak to a clinician.
Check current hours and access arrangements. Online chat requires an account.
Checked 25 October 2026
Free financial counselling information
ASIC Moneysmart · Australia
Find free, confidential financial counselling and learn what help is available when bills, debts or hardship are limiting your options.
Financial counselling is different from paid debt-consolidation services. It does not replace legal advice.
Checked 25 October 2026
Free TAFE information
Your Career · Australian Government
Explore tuition-free training opportunities and the requirements for eligible courses and learners.
Eligibility and places vary by state, territory and course. Materials and other costs may still apply; check before enrolling.
Checked 25 October 2026
Service availability, eligibility and costs can change. Check the provider before making arrangements. ASU links to these independent services; it does not deliver them or guarantee access.
Free worksheet
A starting point for looking at a recurring situation and organising what you notice.
Get the free worksheet →Essays & reflections
Longer thinking on human development, family, relationships, agency and the conditions shaping our lives.
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Teaching and conversations connecting personal and relational development with organisational life.
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Observations and teaching on everyday situations, inherited expectations and the choices people are making.
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Open ASU's link hub →RESEARCH & UNDERSTANDING
Explore how relationships, stress, social expectations and opportunities to practise can affect development. Research papers, evidence reports and accessible explainers are labelled separately. These sources inform questions; they do not establish that ASU's own teaching has been clinically evaluated.
Research explainer · early childhood
Harvard Center on the Developing Child
An introduction to the back-and-forth interactions between a child and a caring adult, and why responsive relationships matter for development.
A research explainer, not a clinical trial or an assessment of a particular child.
Checked 25 October 2026
Research explainer · childhood and stress
Harvard Center on the Developing Child
Explains stress responses in early childhood and the importance of supportive relationships and safer developmental conditions.
Risk is not destiny. This does not diagnose an adult or establish the cause of a particular illness.
Checked 25 October 2026
Public research guide · adolescence
US National Institute of Mental Health
An accessible starting point for understanding brain development during adolescence.
General developmental information; individual capacities differ. US service information on the source page may not apply in Australia.
Checked 25 October 2026
Evidence report · young adulthood
Institute of Medicine and National Research Council · 2015
Reviews young adulthood as a period of development, alongside education, work, health and the social conditions shaping the transition.
An older US evidence report. Use it for developmental context, not current Australian housing or labour-market figures.
Checked 25 October 2026
Examine expectations about capability, protection, appearance and whose choices count. Distinguish a research finding from a judgment about a particular person.
Peer-reviewed research review · gender
Barreto and Doyle · Nature Reviews Psychology · 2023
Reviews hostile and benevolent sexism, including how apparent admiration or protection can coexist with harmful expectations about women.
A research review, not a diagnosis of a partner. The author-institution page links to the published paper.
Checked 25 October 2026
Original experimental research · work and gender
Moss-Racusin and colleagues · PNAS · 2012
In an experiment with 127 science faculty, otherwise identical applications with male or female names received different competence, hiring and support judgments.
A specific US academic hiring experiment. It does not establish the motive of any individual employer.
Checked 25 October 2026
Original research · childhood, adolescence and gender
Master, Meltzoff and Cheryan · PNAS · 2021
Studies of children and adolescents examine stereotypes about girls' interest in computing and engineering, including experiments on girls' interest in activities.
Specific domains and samples. These findings do not mean interests are fixed or every difference has a single cause.
Checked 25 October 2026
Practical education · relationships
Australian eSafety Commissioner
A youth-facing resource for examining stereotypes, power and whose voice is heard in relationships, online and offline.
Educational guidance, not a diagnostic checklist. Includes discussion of sexual violence.
Checked 25 October 2026
Practical education · dating and digital relationships
Australian eSafety Commissioner
Information about permission, pressure and respecting boundaries in online and intimate relationships.
General education. Consent laws and individual circumstances require appropriate local advice.
Checked 25 October 2026
This is a growing selection, last checked 25 October 2026. A study's population, method and date matter. Support-service links focus on Australia; research may come from other countries. To suggest a resource or report a broken link, email admin@asuglobal.com.au.
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