school readiness funding

School Readiness Funding priority area: Wellbeing (social and emotional)

Innovative Resources named as provider under school readiness funding.

Our products and training have been identified for inclusion on the Department’s menu. This means that we have been through a formal validation process that analysed our alignment to the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework, considered in the light of their evidence base.

We can work with you to provide training for staff and parent groups, in line with the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework. We are happy to provide quotes for products and resources applicable to early learning and school readiness and invoice your organisation accordingly.

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We offer a variety of creative tools and card sets to spark new ways of thinking, ignite conversations and help people of all ages unlock their strengths, aspirations and potential.
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Training

Training

We offer a range of strength-based training options, including face-to-face, online, eLearning or a combination. All our training options can be customised to reflect your organisation’s learning priorities.
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about us

For over 30 years, we have created and published strength-based resources for counsellors, social workers, educators and family service workers. During that time, we’ve published more than 60 card sets designed to enrich conversations about feelings, strengths, relationships, values and goals.

All our cards grow out of practice and are created in collaboration with experts in the fields of social work, psychology, education and human services. Our artwork is all original, crafted by a community of incredibly talented and creative designers and artists.

Trusted by over 50,000 professionals worldwide, our resources are known for their originality, practice wisdom and striking visual styles.

 

the strengths approach

Strength-based approaches underpin everything we do. At the heart of our products are the following beliefs:
• Everyone has strengths.
• Focussing on people’s strengths, rather than their deficits, helps generate hope, self-worth and agency, all of which are fundamental in creating positive change.
• Reducing power imbalances is crucial for social inclusion and empowerment.
• Creating opportunities for people to share their stories and reflect on their experiences in respectful ways is key to building connection, rapport and understanding.

testimonials

We create engaging and reflective conversation-starting tools that empower people to create positive change. But don’t take our word for it—this is what our customers have to say.

Testimonial by Abby, Speech Pathologist
Testimonial by Helen, Counsellor
Testimonial by Hannah, Social Worker
Testimonial by Elisabeth Briar
Testimonial by Patrick Bright

our training

We can deliver workshops and training sessions in-person, online, or as a blend of both. All courses feature our range of colourful, interactive (digital or hardcopy) resources.

Our strengths approach training and tools workshops are for people who wish to:

  • focus on strengths and solutions rather than problems
  • invigorate their teams
  • build a more positive organisational culture
  • create better outcomes for people
  • use tools to bring meaningful conversations alive in their work.

We specialise in co-designing the content and duration of our workshops with you, so that it meets the needs of your organisation or school. We also offer a range of eLearning courses you can do anywhere, anytime.

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Family Services Team Leader at Anglicare Victoria, Phil Watson, talks about strengths-based practice ‘on the ground’ and how it acknowledges and celebrates the existing expertise within families.

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