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Confident Kids

Exploring Together

Confident Kids is a schools-based program focusing on children's social skills and on reducing problematic behaviour.

Overview

Alignment with Be You Domains

  • Learning Resilience

Alignment with Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF)

  • Children are confident and involved learners
  • Children are connected with and contribute to their world
  • Children are effective communicators
  • Children have a strong sense of identity
  • Children have a strong sense of wellbeing

Alignment with Australian Curriculum

  • Health and PE

Target audience

  • Primary school

Target groups

  • Small group

Aims

Confident Kids focuses on developing children's social skills and on reducing their problematic behaviour. The program is targeted at children who engage in impulsive, aggressive or bullying behaviour, those who are withdrawn, anxious or depressed, and those who have difficulty in their peer relationships.

Program theory

Cognitive-behavioural

Topics

Not indicated in the application.

Cost

Two facilitators or leaders are required to run the program, including briefing and debriefing, session time, initial interviews, teacher meetings, parent and carer meetings and feedback sessions. Time required is estimated to be 100 hours.

Program structure

1.5 hours per week for 10 weeks.

Instructor

  • External facilitator
  • Psychologist
  • Educator
  • Wellbeing leader

Instructor training

At least one of the leaders or facilitators must have attended a one-day Confident Kids workshop.

Supporting resources or materials available with program

  • Manual

Ongoing support

Ongoing phone contact. Free, ongoing telephone consultation is provided on request by the Exploring Together team.

Parent involvement

  • Attend information sessions
  • Follow-up information provided after program
  • Written information provided to parents

Origin of program

Australia

Exploring Together

Program authors

Professor Lyn Littlefield, Karen Story, Carol Woolcock, Margot Trinder, Dr Susie Burke

Address
Box 11, 607 Lygon Street,Carlton North VIC 3043 Australia
Phone
+61 438 879 360
Email
info@exploringtogether.com.au
website
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Ratings

2/4 Evidence
2/4 Implementation

Summary of evidence factors

This is a summary of the evaluation or research study characteristics that contribute to the program’s evidence rating.

Positive impact on at least one outcome for children and/or young people? Yes
Link between program description and theory of change Some links
Study design Pre-post cohort
Independence Semi

Summary of implementation factors

This is a summary of the program’s characteristics that contribute to its implementation rating.

Feedback sought from participants No
Feedback sought from instructors No
Groups program is not suitable for Not assessed
Training provided during study Face to face, all instructors, in person
Ongoing instructor support provided during study Yes

Context

This is a summary of the context in which the evidence for the program was established.

Study Participants

Primary school
Country of Study/s

Australia
Location of Study/s in Australia

VIC
Evaluation of program in culturally and linguistically diverse populations No
Evaluation of program in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people No
Evaluation of program in low socioeconomic groups No
Developmental based adaptations to program design and delivery No
Evaluation of program in children and young people with disability and/or learning difference No

Last updated: 19 November 2021