Through a variety of interactive activities, games, discussion, stories, multi-media, and video the workshop helps students to enact empathy by thinking about putting themselves in someone else’s situation and taking positive actions that create a stronger community.

Key concepts covered in the session:

• What empathy is and how it helps us to interact with others
• Exploring what makes a healthy community
• The importance of teamwork, communication and respect for others
• How student attitudes and actions contribute to creating a culture of belonging and acceptance of others at school
• The importance of the impact of our words and actions on others
• The importance of building trust and how we can achieve this
• Basic conflict-resolution skills
• Problem-solving skills
• The importance of valuing others and how to make a positive difference in helping others

Student Incursion Details:

• Sessions are interactive and involve a variety of activities, discussion and multi-media to engage and educate
• We offer a range of options from a single session to several sessions for the same or different groups
• Tailored to suit your school's specific needs, timetable and budget
• Delivered by qualified and experienced teachers
• Each session is aligned to the Australian Curriculum
• Follow-up material is provided for teachers

The aim is to provide learning outcomes that engender pro-social values, empathy and resilience through a lively combination of information and interaction. Teams of qualified and experienced educators, using evidence-based research, impact over 30,000 students in over 170 schools each year.

BOOKINGS
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We also offer the following topics for primary and secondary students:
Primary School Topics:

• GREAT MATES - friendship skills
• BOUNCING BACK - resilience
• BULLY PROOF - anti-bullying & cyber-safety
• LEAD THE WAY - leadership skills
• CYBER SAVVY - cyber-safety & social networking
• OPERATION EMPATHY - community & inclusion
• DRUGS & ALCHOL - drug education
• HIT THE GROUND RUNNING - transition to high school

Secondary School Topics:

• RESILIENCE - learning to bounce back
• COMMUNITY MATTERS - friends & building community
• BULLY PROOF - anti-bullying & cyber-safety
• PLUGGED IN - cyber-safety & social networking
• LEAD THE WAY - leadership skills
• DRUGS & ALCHOL - drug education
• MAN UP? - manhood
• MORE THAN SKIN DEEP - positive self-worth
• THINGS THAT MATTER - developing priorities

Presented by Values for Life interactive incursions