Kids With Courage

Kids with Courage is a life skills program which was developed in response to the increasing number of children living in high stress environments. In circumstances where divorce and separation, blended families, emotional and physical abuse and school related friendship issues arise, there is a need for prevention and intervention strategies. The program is designed to address the needs of families and children who are experiencing these types of stress.

The Themes addressed under the Kids With Courage Program are:

Feelings

To assist children to identify and express their feelings
To be able to process and respond appropriately to feelings
To be aware of others’ feelings
To demonstrate self-control and to manage anger

Boundaries

To be safe
To establish protective behaviours
To give strategies for resisting peer group pressure
To understand personal boundaries
To recognise and respect boundaries of others

Social Skills

To raise awareness of personal behaviour
To introduce problem-solving skills
To provide modelling and practise of appropriate communication, sensitive to peers, friendliness, cooperation

Grief and Loss

To provide children with an opportunity to express feelings of grief and loss
To develop strategies for dealing with grief and loss

Fear and Worry

To develop awareness that fear and worry are normal emotions
To model, process and practise strategies that assist in minimising anxious, frightened feelings and behaviour

Self-esteem

To promote healthy self-esteem
To convey that everyone has value