FRIENDS Resilience – September 17 to November 5, 2024

FRIENDS Resilience is an 8-week program for children and caregivers. This session will run Tuesday evenings, September 17  to November 5, 2024, 6:00pm to 7:30pm. One child and one caregiver will be required to attend. 

FRIENDS group is an anxiety prevention program endorsed by the World Health Organization for its effectiveness in the prevention and treatment of anxiety and depression, promoting resilience in families, schools and communities. This Program is intended to help children between 4 and 7 years old better manage their emotions, cope with stress and worry, develop healthy problem solving skills, and have positive relationships with others. This is achieved by providing concurrent groups for children and caregivers. Both groups focus on providing developmentally sensitive and appropriate strategies for children. Some of the topics covered in the group include feeling identification, relaxation, changing red thoughts into green thoughts, and learning to do things one step at a time, all with the goal of promoting a child’s resiliency and fostering their social and emotional development.