FRIENDS Resilience Skills for individuals, families and communities
We have FRIENDS skills for every age group:
Young Children
Children
Youth
Adults
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Fun FRIENDS
for Young Children
The Fun FRIENDS curriculum helps build the social and emotional skills of young children by using fun, play-based group activities. By learning resilience skills early in their development, children build confidence to facilitate a smooth transition into school life. Fun FRIENDS nurtures positive relationships with family and peers, encouraging children to thrive.
FUN FRIENDS
(for Young Children)
activities
The group activities where children learn new skills are crucial to the success of the Fun FRIENDS program. These evidence-based, play-focused activities allow children to build foundational resilience skills in a way that can be easily grasped, understood and used in everyday life:
Helping other people including family, peers, and teachers
Self-awareness of body clues (e.g. tense means stressed, butterflies means nervous)
Relaxation techniques for the body and mind during stressful situations
Engaging and relating to peers, as well as making friends.
FUN FRIENDS
(for Young Children)
changes
After undertaking Fun FRIENDS, parents and teachers may notice the following changes in a child:
Improved confidence
Increased ability to cope with stress
Increased ability to cope with fear
Enhanced social skills
Improved ability to communicate better with adults
Boosted self esteem
Increased happiness and enthusiasm
FUN FRIENDS
(for Young Children)
skills
The secret to the Fun FRIENDS Program is the group activities that help children to learn new skills. There are a number of different evidence-based play-focused activities, which help teach the following skills to participants in a way that can be easily grasped, understood and used in everyday life:
Smiling and making eye contact when communicating
Speaking with a brave and confident voice
Talking about and understanding feelings in one's self and others (empathy development)
Helping other people including family, peers and teachers
Self-awareness of body clues, e.g. tense means stressed, butterflies means nervous
Relaxation techniques to relax the body and mind during stressful situations
Approaching groups of peers and making friends
Trying new things, and different approaches to problem solving
Identifying negative thoughts and turning them into positive thoughts
FUN FRIENDS
(for Young Children)
sessions
The Fun FRIENDS Program is a multi-session course. Each session takes between 2 – 2.5 hours, depending on the activities chosen by the facilitator. To help participants remember the FRIENDS concepts, and to bring structure to the sessions, we use the following FRIENDS acronym:
Feelings (talk about your feelings and care about other people’s feelings) Relax (do “bubble” breathing, have some quiet time) I can try! (we can all try our best) Encourage (step plans to happy home) Nurture (quality time together doing fun activities) Don’t forget – be brave! (practice skills everyday with friends/family) Stay happy
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FRIENDS for Life
for Children
FRIENDS for Life is a social skills and resilience curriculum, that has been recognised by the World Health Organisation as an effective tool set to prevent anxiety for children. It is proven to reduce anxiety and provide participants with strategies to rise to life’s challenges, and bounce back from setbacks and adversity. FRIENDS for Life also improves social-emotional skills, the ability to focus, confidence, the capacity to relax, regulate emotions, and develop empathy.
FRIENDS FOR LIFE
(for Children)
affects
Anxiety affects over 20% of children in this age group. If it is not dealt with appropriately, anxiety can severely impact a child’s development, and can ever create problems later in life. Anxiety causes a child excessive worry about things like homework, attending social gatherings, and even non-local events like natural disasters.
FRIENDS FOR LIFE
(for Children)
sessions
The structure of the FRIENDS for Life Program is a 5-session course. Each session takes between 2-2.5 hours depending on the activities chosen by the facilitator.
FRIENDS FOR LIFE
(for Children)
concepts
To help participants remember the FRIENDS concepts, and to bring structure to the sessions we use the FRIENDS acronym:
Feelings (talk about your feelings and care about other people’s feelings) Relax (do “bubble” breathing, have some quiet time) I can try! (we can all try our best) Encourage (step plans to happy home) Nurture (quality time together doing fun activities) Don’t forget – be brave! (practice skills everyday with friends/family) Stay happy
FRIENDS FOR LIFE
(for Children)
empower
FRIENDS for Life empowers participants to cope with the emotions of themselves and others by engaging with positive thoughts, emotions, and self-regulation strategies. The program also teaches creative alternatives to solving problems they would have previously shied away from, fostering the development of confidence and self-esteem. Most importantly, FRIENDS for Life encourages smiling, happiness and bravery, and facilitates smooth transitions into adolescence.
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My FRIENDS Youth
for Youth
My FRIENDS Youth is a comprehensive curriculum, that empowers young people with the necessary tools to overcome life challenges, in positive ways. The skills learnt empower youth to deal with stressful situations by normalising the state of anxiety, and teaching self-regulation. It also helps develop self-confidence, and problem solving skills. My FRIENDS Youth is evidence-based, and has been proven to increase resilience, as well as decrease anxiety and depression.
MY FRIENDS YOUTH
(for Youth and Adolescents)
challenges
Adolescence is a transition period in which new challenges such as higher study loads, peer pressure, friendship difficulties, and physical development are faced. As this can be a stressful and difficult time for many adolescents, My FRIENDS Youth empowers its participants with positive coping skills and resilience to navigate setbacks and transition successfully to senior high school.
MY FRIENDS YOUTH
(for Youth and Adolescents)
empower
My FRIENDS Youth focuses on integrity to self and positivity in the face of peer pressure, which is crucial during this volatile time of life. The program equips participants to build positive relationships with others with confidence, self-esteem, and brave and positive verbal and non-verbal communication.
Developed by Dr Paula Barrett, My FRIENDS Youth is based on years of research and is used world-wide to empower countless individuals.
MY FRIENDS YOUTH
(for Youth and Adolescents)
sessions
My FRIENDS Youth is divided into 5-sessions of 2-2.5 hours per session and can be delivered by trained and certified facilitators.
MY FRIENDS YOUTH
(for Youth and Adolescents)
skills
To help participants remember the FRIENDS skills and to provide structure to the program My FRIENDS Youth uses the following acronym:
Feelings (try to be aware of feelings and regulate negative feelings) Relax (do “relaxation” breathing, meditation and have some quiet time) I try to think helpful (positive thinking) Explore solutions (step plans and problem solving techniques) Now Reward Yourself (quality time together doing fun activities) Don’t forget – be brave! (practice skills everyday with friends /family) Stay happy and talk to support networks
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Adult Resilience
The Adult Resilience curriculum provides innovative, coping, resilience skills for adults of all ages and all walks of life. The human brain is capable of lifelong improvement, and it is never too late to learn positive coping tools. It is specially useful for existing and expecting parents, to increase their resilience, parenting skills, and ensure that the FRIENDS “language” is spoken at home. If the whole family participates, everyone will be empowered with effective ways to cope.
ADULT RESILIENCE
(for Adults and Adolescents)
challenges
The Adult Resilience program is ideal for adults who may be dealing with a dramatic increase in pressure from school (or finishing high school), choosing a career, social lives, and home. This may lead to stress and anxiety about exams, relationships, and body image, among other things. Because of this, it is not uncommon for teenagers to experience anxiety or depression, which limits their ability to thrive during this time. The Adult Resilience program equips participants with the skills necessary to rise to and overcome these challenges. This enables them to find fulfilment in creativity and productivity and flourish in whatever stage of life.
ADULT RESILIENCE
(for Adults and Adolescents)
skills
Backed by years of research, the Adult Resilience program is evidence-based and proven to help participants to be the best version of themselves, and reduce anxiety by equipping them with skills and tools such as:
Relaxation techniques similar to those used by athletes
Mindfulness skills and exercises to stay in the moment, focus, and relax
Prevent bullying
Resist peer pressure and develop positive relationships
Compromising in tricky situations and avoiding conflict
Choosing appropriate role models
Setting realistic and achievable life or study goals
Organisation and focus skills
Developing non-internet-based friendships and relationships
ADULT RESILIENCE
(for Adults and Adolescents)
sessions
The structure of the Adult Resilience Program is a 5-session course. Each session takes between 2-2.5 hours depending on the activities chosen by the facilitator.
ADULT RESILIENCE
(for Adults and Adolescents)
tools
Developed by Dr Paula Barrett, the Adult Resilience program has helped the lives of thousands of participants by providing tools to navigate the challenges of adolescence into adulthood. The Adult Resilience program has also helped families become stronger, as parents may apply the skills learnt from undertaking the Adult Resilience Program in their own lives.
Become a licensed partner
If you would like to become a Licensed Partner or for any other license enquiry, please contact us: licensing@friendsresilience.org
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Family
Resilience
Skills
keyboard_arrow_downIn response to the current global pandemic, we have developed the innovative ‘Start Building Family Resilience’ package.
This family package offers strategies to help you learn positive coping skills during challenging times.
The family resilience package has valuable resources including various books and a comprehensive, informative video to give you and your family effective resilience skills.
These resources are designed to empower individuals, families, and communities with evidence based resilience skills.
This package also creates a unique opportunity for a paradigm shift in resilience training and could offer support at a population health level.
Please take a few minutes to watch our short community resilience preview video below as well as the book covers on the next page.
Family Resilience Preview Video
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play_circle_filledkeyboard_arrow_downStart Building Resilience eBooks The Community Package includes three resilience booklets for all ages, and informational videos.
Start Building Resilience Book
Start Building Resilience
With Children Book
Start Building Resilience
With Young Children Book
You can order printed books for each age group, which will be delivered to your home.
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