Fun FRIENDS Programs (4 - 7 year olds)

Fun Friends Program
The Fun FRIENDS Program helps guide the social and emotional development of children aged 4 to 7 by using fun, play-based group activities.

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FRIENDS for Life (8 - 11 year olds)

Off to High school next year? Join our FRIENDS For Life 2018 Holiday and Term 1 Back to school programs and learn skills to understand your feelings, cope with worries, problem solve. Being happy takes practice sometimes.

Friends for Life
Friends for Life is proven to reduce anxiety and give participants the tools they need to cope in these stressful and challenging situations.

My FRIENDS Youth (12 - 15 year olds)

My Friend's Youth
This program gives participants the tools to cope with the new challenges & experiences that come with being a teen.

Strong Not Tough Adults Resilience
Coping strategies to tackle the transitions in adult life. Life can be easier when you have the tools to manage your feelings, thoughts and environment.

Adult Resilience
The Adult Resilience course is ideal for students in year 11 or 12 as they may start to deal with a dramatic increase in schooling, social, and home pressures.

Pathways Health & Research Centre

Growing Stronger Every Day

At Pathways we provide individual and group based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) to assist children/adolescents and their families in developing coping skills and resilience to improve their quality of life.

We believe that everyone deserves to have a fulfilling and meaningful life – including people with disabilities.

Pathways is proud to be a registered National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provider, offering Early Childhood Support, Behaviour Support and Therapeutic Support to eligible clients under the scheme.

We welcome opportunities to work collaboratively with other providers and aim to be flexible to suit each individual participant’s plan.

Learn about our programs

Opening Hours

MonClosed

Tue10am-5pm

Wed10am - 5pm

Thu10am - 7pm

FriClosed

Sat10am-3pm

The Friends Programs

The FRIENDS programs have been endorsed by the World Health Organisation for their contribution in increasing children’s resilience and coping skills, and decreasing symptoms of anxiety, depression and peer difficulties. In addition to the wealth of research supporting the programs effectiveness, children also love coming to the groups and participating in the engaging activities used to increase and promote their coping skills.

Our four pillars to success!

Resilience

Transitions

Education

Wellness

Research Articles

We have compiled an informative page that contains research articles and journals that contribute to the proof and success of the FRIENDS programs.

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Success Stories

The improvements and education we provide makes us proud, read about some of our past program success stories.

Fun Friends Program

The Fun FRIENDS Program helps guide the social and emotional development of children aged 4 to 7 by using fun, play-based group activities.

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Friends for Life Program

Friends for Life is proven to reduce anxiety and give participants the tools they need to cope in these stressful and challenging situations.

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My Friends Youth Program

This group-based development program gives participants the tools to cope with the new challenges & experiences that come with the 12 to 17 year old age group

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Adult Resilience Program

This program is ideal for adults 18+ to help them with work and life pressures by increasing their coping skills and resilience

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What people are saying

I have to thank Pathways Health & Research Centre for providing a fantastic environment for my 2 kids to grow and learn how to interact with other children. Thank you so much!

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It was fantastic. My daughter has already practised being brave, so I think she’s really on her way to finding her confidence.

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The time talking with the parents was really good because we were allowed to talk about our kids in a non-biased and non-judgemental environment. Everyone was able to share their tips and experiences on dealing with things!

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I really enjoyed it, I think it was beneficial because I saw a change in my daughter – she has been a lot more regulated. Yes, she’ll have an occasional tantrum, but we’ve learned skills to cope with this better.

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The Fun Friends and Friends for Life Program is superb! The skills my children took away from the program are simple but vital ones that need to be taught in schools and generally in life. The program facilitators, Michelle and Agata had a wonderful connection with everyone and really care about what they are doing. Thank you to the team at Pathways.

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Dear Michelle and the team, Thank you so much for this amazing opportunity to understand how our little fellas’ minds and bodies work. It has been such a positive experience for us as a family and I know we will continue to care for each other and fill each other’s buckets with lots of love and respect. Fun Friends Holiday Program 2018

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