Our Programs
Fun Friends
Fun Friends focuses on developing resilience in children 4 – 7 years old
The program teaches children (and their parents)
• Relaxation techniques
• Understanding emotions in yourself and others
• Social and emotional skills
• How to be kind and empathetic
• How to make and maintain friendships
• How to build self-esteem and confidence
• Dealing and bullying and peer pressure
• Problem solving and positive coping strategies
• Changing negative thinking into positive thinking
FRIENDS for life
Developed in Australia and used in schools worldwide, FRIENDS is the only anxiety prevention program acknowledged by the World Health Organisation for its 12 years of comprehensive evaluation and practice.
Friends for Life aims to help people of all ages to be resilient, and cope better with life challenges.
Junior Youth: 10 – 12yrs
Senior Youth: 13 – 15 yrs
You will learn how to:
• Deal with challenging life situations
• Do problem solving
• Become emotionally resilient
• Get family and sibling support
• Get peer support
• Deal with conflict
My Friends
Primary and High School programs for anxiety and depression treatment and prevention.
Building self-esteem and social skills training.
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Social Skills Groups
The Secret Agent Society is an innovative, evidence-based intervention that uses a suite of games and activities to improve the emotional understanding and social skills of 8-12 year olds with high-functioning ASDs by teaching children:
• How to recognise simple and complex emotions in themselves and others.
• How to express feelings in appropriate ways.
• How to cope with feelings of anger and anxiety.
• How to start, maintain and end conversations and play activities with others.
• How to tell the difference between friendly joking and mean teasing.
• How to deal with bullying.
• How to cope with making mistakes.
• How to cope in novel situations and ask for help when needed.
Focus
The FOCUS program works – it is evidence based – that means it has been proven effective through extensive research.
The FOCUS program is successfully used in many overseas countries by medical specialists, psychologists, and social workers. In Australia the “FOCUS Treatment Protocol” at Pathways Health and Research Centre is currently the best proven effective treatment protocol for Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder in children and adults.
All family members are empowered with skills to fight the problem.
Learning To Learn
Teaches skills and strategies that enable children and adolescents to be more organized and in control of their learning, and more confident to achieve.
Learn about:
• Staying on task
• Ignoring distractions and avoiding procrastination
• Planning and organising
• Using different learning styles to maximise memory and concentration
• Working cooperatively
• Building confidence
Resilience For Life
Managing anxiety and worry
Stress and anxiety are problems detracting from the quality of life of so many people in today’s world.
Stress management can stop anxiety and stress from interfering with work, relationships, family routine and life in general. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is an evidence-tested way to eliminate unnecessary panic, fear and avoidance with simple techniques.
STEPS-2-MANHOOD
The first validated program providing boys with tools to develop a positive male identity
What does it mean to be a male in today’s world? Is your son ready to take those first steps towards becoming a successful and well adjusted young man? Boys throughout adolescence face many challenges and expectations on their road to adulthood. They are bombarded with conflicting views on what it means to be a man, often leading to confusion, loss of motivation and a poor self-image.
