TravellersTM was developed, piloted and evaluated under contract for the New Zealand Ministry of Health by Skylight in partnership with the University of Auckland's Injury Prevention Research Centre. Check out the Pilot Research Findings.
Travellers, a school-based programme, is run by trained facilitators from within the school environment, who guide students through fun yet relevant activities, using the Life is a Journey metaphor.
The programme is in its tenth year and currently more than 100 secondary schools across New Zealand offerTravellers to their students. Skylight has trained over 300 facilitators to run the programme in their schools.
Travellers supports students at school by helping them to build resilience and enhance connections through:
- exploring their change, loss and transition experiences;
- navigating their movement through change, loss and transition in safe and adaptive ways;
- linking how they think and feel about change, loss and transition situations and how their thoughts and feelings influence how they cope and respond;
- enhancing supportive environments and improving their learning outcomes.
Online Wellness Questionnaire
The programme includes a short, confidential online Wellness Questionnaire completed by students. The results from this questionnaire help schools select students who might benefit from being offered a place in the school's Travellers programme.
You can test a demo with a selection of results here.
Travellers Groups
- 8 to 10 Year 9 participants
- 8 to 10 sessions (60 to 90 minutes)
- Sessions reflect on major events and daily hassles
- School-based in class time
- Facilitated by trained school staff
Learn about the Travellers Sessions
