Journey of Hope
Name | Journey of Hope |
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Target Audience | Middle childhood (6-12 years) |
CfC Objective | Healthy Young Families |
Organisation | Save the Children |
Delivery Setting | School-based |
Description | Teaches children social and emotional skill building to promote self-efficacy, problem solving and positive coping so they may have the capacity to overcome current and future trauma. |
Delivered to | Children aged 4 – 18 years old who have experienced a traumatic event. |
Delivered by | Teachers, social workers, youth workers. |
Program Structure | Journey of Hope is delivered to small groups of up to ten children either once a week over eight weeks or twice a week over four weeks. Program sessions are designed to help children:
There are four program variants:
Different engagement and learning techniques are used depending on the age of participants. |
Training | Two facilitators deliver the program. Facilitators must be qualified with either a bachelor degree in social work, youth work or education and have experience in working with vulnerable children. A detailed facilitator manual and workbooks with structured session plans are available. |
Cost | $6000 (includes training, manuals, resource kit, fidelity checks and evaluation tools). |
Contact | Email: journeyofhope@savethechildren.org.au Website: savethechildren.org.au/our-work/our-programs/australia/journey-of-hope |
Evaluation and effectiveness | Several evaluations of the program have been conducted including two quasi- experimental studies (Powell & Bui, 2016; Powell & Thompson, 2016).
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