Boys Course (8-17 yo)

"Friendship Hero"  (8-17yo)

Age-appropriate mini-groups: 8-10, 11-13, 14-17 yo

Playground Social Skills, Healthy Friendships & More.

"Friendship Hero" - Playground Social Skills

On Zoom - from your home

For Any Child Looking To Develop New Social Skills.

Course for children aged 8-17 years old.

Age-appropriate mini-groups: 8-10, 11-13, 14-17 yo

For Young People Who Will Also Do 'Secret Agent Society', or 'Peers For Teens'

  • If your young person is booked in for a future 'Secret Agent Society', or 'Peers For Teens', this is for you.
  • If your young person has completed either 'Secret Agent Society', or 'Peers For Teens', this is for you.


That's because this course builds on the skills that your young person will develop or has developed  in our other (evidence-based) courses.

‘Friendship Hero’ - Mini-course

  • Every young person has something amazing to offer the world. 
  • Your young person can help others and contribute to others.
  • Your young person can grow his leadership skills and personal influence.

Sessions

Student sessions

8 Sessions

90 minutes of fun, interactive sessions for your young person.

Parent Sessions

2 Sessions

2-hours of supportive training for parents

We Help Your Child Achieve Their NDIS Goals

We set goals depending on your child's abilities, and for community members who are on NDIS. We set goals that match NDIS objectives and unique personality.

NDIS Funding Categories

Chat with your plan manager for what is relevant to your situation.

It is helpful to know that other families have told us they usually use these categories (or similar):

  1. Increased Social & Community Participation
  2. Improved Daily Living

For plan-managed participants, your plan manager will be able to tell you whether your plan will cover this.



NDIS-Happy Pricing: $1550

Structured to be approved for NDIS self-managed or NDIS plan-managed families.

Families generally claim through NDIS - chat with your plan manager or support co-ordinator if you need to make claiming NDIS easier.


Families not on NDIS can also participate, funding themselves


$1550 covers everything - absolutely everything:

  • All program sessions for your young person (8x sessions)
  • All parent training sessions (2x sessions)
  • All other support, communication etc - everything.


What Your Child Will Learn

Session 1: Conversation Hero

  • Start conversations and keep conversations rolling.
  • Listen to others so they feel cared for.
  • How to talk with others about topics of shared interests (topics we both want to talk about, not just my favorite topic).

Session 2: Helpful Hero

  • Contribute to how others feel.
  • Be a consistent friend who helps and cares for others. 
  • Take opportunities to help and know we have  something to offer. 

Session 3: Confident Hero

  • What do we stand for? What battles are with fighting?
  • Be the sort of person who others will enjoy being with?
  • Know our value/worth is not dependent on what others say or think

Session 4: Healthy Hero

  • Ways to take care of ourselves (physically) to stay self-confident.
  • Ways we present ourselves well to the world, because that makes social interactions easier.
  • We want to be both physically and socially healthy.

Session 5: Respectful Hero

  • Ways to talk to others and treat them well. 
  • We can be caring for our family, friends, and peers.
  • Know strategies for when things are tricky or embarrassing.

Session 6: Bounce-back Hero

  • Bounce back from rejection, tough days, and moments when I feel ‘stuck’.
  • Who to get help from and talk with about friendships that aren’t working.
  • Strategies for handling disappointments, friendship challenges and social issues.

Session 7: Bullyproof Hero

  • Strategies to deal with teasing or bullying.
  • Know the difference between people joking and people being mean.
  • We can do fun things I can do on my own if we want or if others are not being kind.

Session 8: Friendship Hero

  • What actions and words I can use to make and keep friends.
  • Real friends can play with other people sometimes.
  • Our friends are allowed to have different opinions to us.

I feel a lot better than I did before the course

James (13 years old)

Now has a fairly reliable group of friends at school.

We feel so blessed that we found you guys. The courses are fun – it’s like the spoonful of sugar that makes the medicine go down. We are doing every course that we can.

K.E.

Mum of 10 year old son

I like it that the courses are so interactive. I can hear my son chatting away and enjoying working with his leaders. We did other courses in the past with other organisations who don’t do that. With other organisations content just seems so boring but my son loves coming to sessions with you.

V.N.

Son has done 3x social skills courses with Amazing Skills.

Advantages to Joining "Friendship Hero"

After School Sessions

Don't miss out on school.

We've set things up so that your child doesn't have to miss out on school and you don't have to deal with midday appointments. Instead, all sessions are at after-school times in the afternoons or evenings because your child needs routine. We can help that just by scheduling sessions conveniently for you.

No Waiting Lists!

You hate waiting lists and so do we!

Your child needs to learn asap. We have many, many groups and we would rather add more groups than have a waiting list. Every week your child is not learning new skills is a wasted week. We'll do everything we can so your child can start in our next course.

Your young person participates on Zoom from home

At each time slot, we will have a mini-group of students working together, with our leaders helping and guiding team-work negotiations. Each session we have a different topic that we work through together.

This is an online community for any child who is looking to build their social skills and social confidence.

Location

Your lounge room, using zoom - No need to travel.

You don’t need to travel anywhere. It's easy to use Zoom from your lounge room.

Autism-friendly Leaders

That's because your child will work with two of our leaders who will make sure that everyone is using friendly voices and supporting each other.

How the process works:

Social & life skills taught in an ASD-friendly way (Yay!)

Each session, our young people with Autism learn a new social skill, broken down into simple steps.

Also, they experience new skills in a fun way.

And practice new skills in a supported environment.

Peace-Of-Mind Promise: What if my child needs to pull out?


Your child can:

  • Stop doing their course if they need to.
  • Switch to a different course if you need to.
  • Do ‘catch-up’ sessions for missed sessions.


You won't be billed for an entire course if your child needs to pull out.

Almost every time, our kids/teens find their groove and enjoy their sessions.

If your child needs tweaks, we can switch your child to a different mini-group, modify session times, or even pair them with a different leader.

We understand that sometimes life seriously happens… A death in the family, sudden health issues, parents going through a hard time etc etc. 

But rest assured, if it doesn't work out (and it will), you're only billed for the part of the course that your family participated in.

NDIS Reports Provided

Parents often ask, “Can I please have a report for our NDIS plan review?”

Rest assured, the answer is a resounding "Yes!" 

We'll arrange that for you.

No hidden fees - All reporting like this is already built into the standard program fee, so you will not be given an extra fee beyond the usual cost of the program. 

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Secret Agent Society® (Ages: 7-12)

Afternoons/Evenings

Our next start dates start on February 2023:

Groups: Monday - Thursday 6-7-8-9 (weekly)

Note that your child's sessions could be on any day that suits your family. These are the initial intake dates for the next courses.

Peers® For Teens & Young Adults (Ages: 12-17 & 18-35)

Afternoons/Evenings

Our next start dates start on February 2023:

Tues/Wednes/Thur 30Jan/31Jan/1Feb/2Feb - Weekly

Note that your teen's sessions could be on any day that suits your family. You choose one session/week. These are the options for "Session 1" dates for the next courses.

Minecraft Teamwork (Ages: 7-15)

Saturdays & Wednesdays

At each time slot, we will have about 5-6 students working together, with our leaders helping and guiding team-work negotiations. Each week we have a different project that we work on together as a team (e.g. create a beach scene or a playground or a factory etc).

This is an online community for any child who is looking to build their social skills and teamwork skills.

Art & Craft (Ages: 7-17)

Tuesdays & Thursdays (afternoon)

Each time slot, we will have a mini-group of students working together, with our leaders helping and guiding team-work negotiations. Each week we have a different art project that we work on together as a team (e.g. a drawing project, a painting project, a photo-shop task).

This is an online community for any child who is looking to build their social skills and teamwork skills.

Boys Course (Ages: 8-15)

After school

For boys who will also do 'Secret Agent Society', or 'Peers For Teens'

  • If your son is booked in for a future 'Secret Agent Society', or 'Peers For Teens', this is for you.
  • If your son has completed either 'Secret Agent Society', or 'Peers For Teens', this is for you.

That's because this course builds on the skills that your son will develop or has develop in our other courses.

Girls course (Ages: 8-16)

After school

For girls who have done 'Secret Agent Society', or 'Peers For Teens'

  • If your daughter has completed either 'Secret Agent Society', or 'Peers For Teens', this is for you.

That's because this course builds on the skills that your daughter developed in our other courses.

Want to know more?

Is this course right for your child? Get in touch with the team to arrange for your child to get started. It’s a way to start learning about new social skills, making better friendships and enjoying their school experience more.

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