What we do

What does Seasons for Growth do?

 Supports young people to understand and manage the issues they experience because of the loss of a parent or significant other through death, separation, or divorce.

 Assists young people to understand that the reactions associated with their losses are normal.

 Educates about the grief process.

 Develops skills for coping, problem-solving and decision-making.

 Builds a peer support network.

 Helps restore self-confidence and self-esteem.

 Draws on extensive research in developing a sound educative response to loss and grief.

Seasons for Growth relies on activities, strategies and techniques from an educational and cognitive behavioural framework. This approach to learning encourages young people not only to value who they are and the particular 'story' they have, but also to modify their thinking, attitudes, beliefs and constructs about life and to 'take charge' of their behaviours.

The programme emphasises the important role of thinking, questioning, deciding, doing and re-deciding. The learning process underpinning Seasons for Growth includes acquiring and practising new skills, learning new ways of thinking and acquiring more effective ways of coping with change and loss.