Facilitator Training

Fun Friends Training – One Day Workshop (ages 4-7)
Friends For Life Training - One Day Workshop (ages 7-16)

Friends For Life & Fun Friends Training - One Day Workshop (ages 4-16)

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FRIENDS is a School, clinic, and child and youth health education based programme.  It is aimed at preventing childhood anxiety and depression and promotes emotional resilience.

The one-day FRIENDS for Life Training is required before you are able to run the programme in your school, clinic or organisation.

The one-day workshop is offered to principals, teachers, school councellors, RTLB’s, doctors, health professionals, and child and youth health educators.  Completion of the workshop accredits the attendee to facilitate the FRIENDS programme.

There are two main types of facilitators:

1.            School Based – run as part of the school health curriculum

2.            Group or Individual – clinical and health educator based

Friends is the only childhood anxiety prevention programme acknowledged by the World Health Organization for its 12 years of comprehensive validation.

The programme teaches children skills such as:

• Dealing with difficult situations
• Using peer support
• Relaxation techniques
• Conflict resolution
• Problem solving
• Emotional resilience
• Recognising the signs of anxiety
• Positive thinking