Top 3 outcomes for your educational setting –
- Sparky and Shady provides an overarching framework for all your social emotional learning programs. It includes content on body, feelings, thoughts, behaviours and social interactions. It introduces consistent language referring to Sparky – the loving, courageous part of you, and Shady – the fearful, protective part of you that can be used for all follow up. This overarching scaffold means all the other great stuff you are already doing will easily fit in.
- Consistency at home and school. You gift parents and carers access to the videos and behaviour management tips. This means families are empowered by teamwork. ‘We are in this together raising little humans who have a Sparky and a Shady. We want our children to be happy and well now and when they are teenagers, young adults and grown ups like us. We know 3 – 7 years is the second most important stage in their development (0-3 being the first) when their neural circuitry, trust, lifelong habits – the way they think, feel and behave can be rewired and reinforced.
- Children learn to self-regulate. Teaching kids to self-regulate their body, feelings, thoughts and behaviours is the main aim of this program. Evidenced based strategies from psychology that ‘feel’ right and ‘work’ are provided. We are teaching our children that they are humans with a Sparky and a Shady. We are giving our children specific, hands on strategies to support them to manage themselves, their relationships and their decisions so they can be happy and well.