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Exploring Together Program

Exploring Together

Exploring Together is a program for schools, parents/carers and community agencies to help children with emotional and behavioural problems.

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

Pricing: Paid

Origin: Developed in Australia for Australian schooling contexts

Affiliations: Approved elsewhere: AIFS

Product type: Program; Professional learning

Contact details

Exploring Together
ABN: 66 006 625 403

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, Year 8

Delivery style: Classroom teacher is trained

Aims & approach

Exploring Together Multigroup is a short-term, early intervention program for children at risk of developing serious emotional and behavioural problems, their parents/carers, and teachers.

It particularly targets primary school-aged children between 5 and 14 years old.

The Primary School Multigroup program comprises separate concurrent groups for the children and one of their parents/carers, followed by a combined parent/carer-child interaction group, plus meetings for partners or support persons, and meetings for teachers.

It is a multifaceted program that aims to change the children's behaviour, enhance their self-esteem and peer relationships, address parenting issues and parents/carers' own difficulties, and improve parent/carer-child and teacher-child interactions.

Implementation support

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

Evidence

Exploring Together is informed by systems theory, CBT, behaviour management, emotion coaching, social skills, and peer-based learning. The positive impact of the program is supported by several evaluations both external and internal. References include:

  • Hemphill, S.A. & Littlefield, L. (2001). Evaluation of a short-term group therapy program for children with behavior problems and their parents. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 39, 823-841
  • Littlefield, L., Burke, S., Trinder, M., Woolcock, C., Story, K., Wilby, A., Falconer, B., Dunkley, T. (2000). Exploring Together Program Final Internal Evaluation Report. The Department of Health and Aged Care under its Supporting Families: National Parenting Initiative. Unpublished report.
  • Robinson, G., & Tyler, B. (2006). Ngaripirliga'ajirri: An Early Intervention Program on the Tiwi Islands, Final Evaluation Report. Darwin, Northern Territory: Charles Darwin University, School for Social and Policy Research.