Strong & Connected
Stronger connection, greater resilience
Research tells us that a child’s sense of connection and belonging directly impacts their wellbeing. When kids are connected, they’re better able to cope with the challenges that might come their way. At Emerging Youth, helping students connect and build strong relationships with adults, their peers and community is our priority.
Over the course of this program, students will learn about the importance of connection, identify concerns and challenges common for their age group and explore real life scenarios and strategies for responding to problems, identifying people to go to for help.
Strong & Connected can be implemented with students in Years 5-8 in a whole-class setting or with a small group. The program content can be delivered over a whole day, over multiple sessions, or you can mix and match the games, activities and discussions to suit the needs of your class.
Scroll down to find out more about the program package and to view the program outcomes.
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In your program package you’ll receive the facilitator handbook, custom-made visual resources, digital resources for activities, promotional resources and parent/carer information.
Please note that there’s no training required to deliver this program, but facilitators will need to be confident working with a larger group of students. If you have any questions regarding the program content or delivery, please contact Janina by clicking on the button below.
Program Package
Program Outcomes
Over the course of this program, students will:
Explore the concept of connection, and what it means to live in community.
Identify concerns and challenges that are common for their age group, and reflect on the importance of asking for help.
Increase their mental health literacy, particularly around attitudes that promote help-seeking.
Identify the barriers which might hold a young person back from asking for help, and consider what might motivate someone to reach out.
Explore the concept of ‘strength’, and how family, peers, popular culture and the media influence ideas and perceptions.
Explore real life scenarios and strategies for responding to problems, identifying the appropriate people to go to for help.
Identify feelings associated with being helped, and helping someone else.
Reflect on their own support network, identifying friends, family and other individuals who positively influence them, as well as resources and services that are available to them.
Discuss the characteristics of healthy friendships/relationships, and consider how they can build a healthy support network.
Expand their knowledge regarding the support services that exist for young people in their school and local community.