HOW TO GIVE KIDS HOPE DURING A PANDEMIC

Learn how you can give your students hope, meet their emotional and social needs and keep them from engaging in risky behaviors when meeting with them in-person or virtually.

Hope is Empowering

Hope is the feeling that what one desires WILL happen. If hope could speak, it would say, “The future will be better and I have the power to make it so!” With hope, we understand there are many paths to one goal, yet none of them are free of obstacles. Hope is the mindset that equips us to overcome those obstacles.

Hope is Life Saving

Hope, like oxygen, is essential to life. We simply can’t live without it. When we have it, it can carry us. When we don’t, it can suffocate us.

Hope is Obvious

It isn’t hard to see which kids are full of hope and which kids are grasping for it. Hopeful kids are energetic and happier. They are more satisfied with life. They do better with things like academics and achievements in sports. Hopeful kids have better relationships. They can develop many strategies to reach goals and have backup plans should they face problems along the way. Obstacles are seen as challenges to overcome by seeking support and finding alternative strategies. They are more optimistic and they tell themselves, “I can do this. I won’t give up.”

Hope is THE Thing

In today’s pandemic world, hope isn’t just one of the things we need to impart to our kids. It is THE thing. Our kids are experiencing a mental health crisis today like nothing we’ve seen before. Living during a pandemic has created feelings of anxiety, stress, depression, isolation and hopelessness with an alarming number of kids.

Hope is a Choice

Hope can be learned and shared. Best of all, it’s free and available to everyone. It doesn’t discriminate. The good news is hope CAN BE cultivated even among students who are at risk for losing it. Developing hope is a process and kids who are currently hopeless can learn to be hopeful.

ALL STARS BUILDS BRIGHT FUTURES FOR KIDS

If you are looking for an in-person or virtual program you can bring to your students, no matter if it's in a classroom or community setting, that has a proven process of building hope with students, you found it in All Stars! The good news is All Stars produces so many other positive outcomes with kids!

Gives Kids Hope for the Future

All Stars gives kids the opportunity to think about and plan for a positive future.

Meets Kids' Social & Emotional Needs

All Stars includes highly interactive activities that promote positive peer relationships and a supportive environment.

Prevents Risky Behaviors

All Stars is a model prevention program that is research-based and proven to delay the onset of risky behaviors with kids.

Connects Kids with Positive Adults

All Stars helps kids identify ad connect with at least one positive adult in their life.

Invest Your Time and Invest in Your Students

This free 90-minute webinar will:

Explain the research and theory behind All Stars
Give you the opportunity to experience All Stars' activities first-hand
Offer proven ways you can successfully bring the program to students in your school or community-based program
Give you step-by-step instructions on how to get started with the program virtually or in-person!

Choose the Webinar Date and Time That Works for Your Schedule!

Thursday, September 17 from 3:00-4:30 pm Eastern

Friday September 18 from 11:00 am-12:30 pm Eastern

Meet Your Presenter

Kathleen Nelson-Simley has over 36 years of experience working with kids and schools and community-based organizations across the nation. She has trained and coached thousands of teachers and professional staff on how to do their work with kids effectively and efficiently. She is President of KNS Learning Solutions and has been training All Stars around the world for 21 years and knows the program "inside and out." Everything she does is driven by her passion for kids and her desire to give you the best so your kids can get and be their best!

Stephanie - Middle School Teacher

"The prevention program I was teaching required me to lecture or "talk at" my students. It was hard for me to engage my students. They were bored. Kathleen's training introduced me to the "All Stars" model. It was exactly what I needed! It's hands-on, highly engaging and student-driven approach is better than anything I have ever taught in my classroom. Best of all, it's fun for the students and achieves high impact outcomes! She put the joy back in to my work with kids!"