Look at what we have been up to... ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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News May 22
Welcome to our May update. Here's a snapshot of our last couple of months: - We now have two Youth Peer Workers supporting young people in community. Well done Kyle and Freya.
- We welcomed Nick, our newest Youth Peer Worker recruit.
- Effie brings much needed positivity and a genuine down to earth attitude to APTF and we are grateful!
- Our first "Come and Try" activity is set to go, with our second now in planning (Self-defence anyone?)
- Our Sporting Peer Program has got off to a wonderful start at Ormond JFC
- We continue to support our families in their wellbeing journeys
Thanks for continuing to walk with us. Kirstie 👣💙
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Effie - Senior Peer Lead & Social Worker
Effie brings an amazing mix of human warmth, professional acuity and genuine passion to support our Youth Peer Workers and youth and family wellbeing in general.
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Introducing Nick
Nick joins our team very recently and is keen to get started in his peer support of a young person.
Nick loves footy and sunsets...
Gotcha interested now right?
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Sporting Peer Program
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Wonderful start to our Sporting Peer Program this year at Ormond Junior Football Club.
With 8 Junior Coaches across our junior teams and a further 5 Junior Coaches supporting Ormond's Auskick Program, there is an air of renewal and positivity that we haven't seen in the kids the last couple of years. It helps me to smile and believe.
Integral to this program are our Coaching peers using their experiences to lead players younger than them. Our oldest peers are volunteer dads at the club and our youngest are grade 5 Junior Coaching peers to our Auskickers. And overseeing them on behalf of APTF are two former Junior Coaches who have returned to sustain this lived experience value in the program.
To follow more on this program join us at our FB Page and look at the Sporting Peer Program Photo Albums.
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Come and Try Art Therapy Groups for Young People
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We are pleased to host our first "come and try" workshops for 2022 at our new Bentleigh space.
With mental health services in high demand and long waitlists, we remain passionate about helping people to experience more alternative wellbeing supports while they wait for more specialised services or as stand alone strategies.
These workshops will enable young people to experience what art therapy is like and if it is something that could support their future wellbeing.
Managing Emotions Creatively Register for 8-12 years https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/333356497257 Register for 13-18 years https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/339741244207
Get in quick. There are only 8 spots per group!
We will also accept multiple instalments for families where the cost is too high in one payment.
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"Too often we forget that discipline really means to teach, not to punish" - Dan Siegal
I guess it resonates with me because I am so passionate about teaching and have not once seen "punishment" work in supporting and enhancing wellbeing, particularly in young people.
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