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Confident Kids

Exploring Together

Confidence Kids is a short-term early intervention school-based group program for children with challenging behaviour.

  • ACT
  • NSW
  • NT
  • QLD
  • SA
  • Tas
  • Vic
  • WA

Pricing: Paid

Origin: Developed in Australia for Australian schooling contexts

Affiliations: Approved elsewhere: Be You

Product type: Program; Professional learning

Contact details

Exploring Together
ABN: 60 066 254 031

https://exploringtogether.com.au/#!/Programs

info@exploringtogether.com.au

Focus areas

  • Positive relationships

  • Belonging and inclusion

  • Bullying and cyber-bullying

  • Self-regulation and engagement

  • Resilience and optimism

Curriculum alignment

Prospective users

Audience: Targeted small group early intervention (Tier 2)

Communities: Diverse cultures or language groups, First Nations

Context: School or centre-based

Main beneficiaries: Early learning, Foundation/Prep, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7

Delivery style: Classroom teacher is trained

Aims & approach

The program targets children (aged 3 to 7 or 7 to 14) who are exhibiting problem behaviours. Children who engage in impulsive, aggressive, or bullying behaviour, those who are withdrawn, anxious or depressed, and/or those who have problematic peer relationships will find the Confident Kids program helpful.

Confident Kids focuses on developing children's social skills and reducing their problematic behaviour (especially if antisocial).

Educators are trained to deliver the program by attending a one-day in-person workshop.

The program is designed to be run in preschool, primary or lower secondary schools (Different manuals for the respective age groups). A group of 6 - 10 children meet weekly for 10 consecutive weeks for a 1.5 hour group. The program can also include meetings for parents/carers and meetings for teachers.

Implementation support

  • Access to professional facilitator, instructor or mentor
  • Ongoing helpdesk, email or phone support

Evidence

Systems theory; CBT; behaviour management; social skills; peer based learning.

Research: Trinder, M., Soltys, M., and Burke, S. (2008). A preliminary evaluation of the Confident Kids Program – a stand alone component of the Exploring Together Program. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, 7 (1)