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How Family Life SHINE Works
Family Life specialist staff work with whole classes in schools helping children to develop strategies for coping with stressful situations and improve their self-confidence.
Children who display early signs of having a mental health problem, such as anxiety, depression or a conduct disorder receive specialist help at school and with their families.
The Family Life SHINE Project incorporates aspects of the 'FRIENDS For Life' program, a school-based anxiety prevention program.
In 2008 to 2010 Family Life SHINE Project also:
- Provided specialist groups for boys displaying aggression and violence
- Provided specialist groups for children who had experienced violence prior to moving to a women's refuge
- Ran programs and support for children whose parents have a mental illness
- Provided a specialist group for girls displaying self-harming behaviour
- Provided education and information activities to promote mental health awareness through mental health forums and exhibitions, community festivals, and parent information evenings
- Provided linkages for indigenous communities to access mental health support services
