Supportive Hands

Wellbeing Program

Supportive Hands is a small company that supports Organisations, Departments, Relationships, and Individuals in coping with change and emotional literacy development in a targeted and innovative way. Supportive Hands has partnered with Child Trauma Intervention Services in the development of the Emotional Literacy Enhancement Portfolio as we believe that there is a growing need in supporting children, young people, school, and carer development.

Supportive Hands are offering the below Emotional Literacy Enhancement Products. These products are designed, built and piloted with children / young people and key stakeholders.

The Wellbeing Program

  • Classroom Adaptive Delivery Program and supportive Behavioural Management System (school, classroom, teacher, and student focused).
  • The Feeling Tree Program (school, home and student focused).
  • Individual analysis and reporting in support of target and collaborative cross-functional services (student, home, school, agnecy, department).

The SHANARRI Assessments

  • The SHANARRI Assessments tool(school, home, residential and juvenile justice focused providing child, adult and family assessment for target support).

The theoretical model of this portfolio builds on work of Richard Rose Therapeutic Life Story Work (TLSW) and based on different tools developed to increase children’s Emotional Literacy.The purpose of the above IT programs, is to provide a period of intervention for children in a school setting and/or residential setting. Supporting children (5-12), young people (13-25), parents, carers, and supportive services who are affected by behaviours and other factors which disrupt attachment, education and peer relationships.

“Finally we are able to understand how we are managing and developing our wellbeing program across the school, this evidence base approach is a game changer”…
Head Teacher

“This opened up my eyes, we can now understand and support all the kids, not just the disruptive ones, but the withdrawn ones that fly under the radar”.
Teacher

“I’m not sure of the feeling tree process, but three weeks into the one on one sessions, my daughter is finally talking with me and is reacting less… Thank you”.
Parent

“I learnt about different feelings, what they mean and how I show them. The Feeling Tree sessions helped with strategies – “stop, think, and ask” is my strategy and I think my issues are down”.
Student - Year Three

Supportive Hands and partners, are passionate about supporting Organisations, Departments, Relationships, and Individuals in coping with change and emotional literacy development in a targeted and innovative way.

“Fostering the path less traveled”

Benefits

Supportive Hands offer the below, but not limited to the proven Emotional Enhancement Portfolio expected benefits.

One of the key enablers for users of this program is the real time reporting functionality and the ability in layering the information to support the  decision making process.

  • Trend understanding with data (exclusion, impact, comparison’s…)
  • Teacher development (education requirements, adaptability & classroom MGT)
  • Student support & parent / carer engagement
  • Behavioural management and reporting capability
  • Wellbeing effectiveness understanding