Seasons for Growth works with children and adults to help them understand and express their experiences of change, loss and grief.

Seasons for Growth uses the images of the four seasons to help people understand that life is always changing, that one follows the other and that there are certain things that we can do to accept and deal with the 'seasons' in our life.

Seasons for Growth offers a range of activities that allow individuals to:

• explore the skills needed to manage the effect of loss
• understand that it is normal to experience and express a range of emotions around grief and loss
• review present beliefs and plan for a realistic and hope-filled future
• develop an integrated sense of self and higher self-esteem
• take part in a caring network of peers and adults
• build effective relationships with families, friends and others

Registration 'cut-off' dates for Seasons for Growth programmes are a few days before.

As dates are subject to change due to insufficient numbers or a change of venue please contact Delia for up to date information on dates and locations of the Seasons for Growth Workshops.

Endorsements:

"The program which is contained in Seasons for Growth seems to me to deal with the issues of grief and loss in an age related way that will be most useful to children and young adults who will not respond to the normal counselling methods employed for adults. The program containing as it does times for reflection and response in sharing artwork, music and movement seems to me to be an entirely appropriate way to deal with grief and loss."
Professor Peter Ravenscroft
President, Australia and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine

"I wonder why children’s grief gets overlooked as somehow pretend-grief. This Seasons for Growth Program treats it as an emotion to respect but not to be trapped by and speaks in a tone that I think will touch base with children."
Ms Geraldine Doogue AO
Life Matters Radio National and Compass, ABC

"I firmly believe that schools should take on this program. If we truly believe as educators in the development of the whole child and in the importance of individual needs, then we need to specifically address the emotional needs of these children in grief before we can expect them to immerse them selves in any quality learning experiences."
Ms Anne Duncan
Principal, St Bernard's Primary School

 

SEASONS FOR GROWTH Seasons for Growth is dedicated to the spirit of Mary MacKillop. A woman who believed in the dignity of every human being and lived by the idiom: Never see a need without doing something about it. The writing of Seasons for Growth was inspired by this challenge

With permission Sisters of St Joseph