KAUST Health is providing a fun and interactive, 8-session program targeting youth between 11-14 years old. The program will teach skills for long-term resilience and aims to foster improvements in group members’ ability to cope with challenging situations.
About the Course
This program is open to KAUST residents between 11-14 years of age. By the end of this 8-week program, youth should be able to:
- Better cope with social challenges at school
- Manage difficult emotions
- Improve communication skills
- Understand bullying and learn anti-bullying strategies
- Cope with whatever issues the particular group of children raise
- Increase resilience, self-confidence and assertiveness
- Access and make use of supportive resources (friends, relatives, teachers, school counselors, and support groups).
Timing and venue
All Youth Wellness Program sessions will occur between September 18 and November 13, 2019 – from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The sessions will take place in the Island Recreation Center meeting room.
Parents are required to attend two of the sessions. These will be held during the third and fourth week of November, during the regular session time. The first week of November session will be dedicated for parents only and the third week of November session will be for parents and children together.
- Session 1: September, 18
- Session 2: September, 25
- Session 3: October, 2
- Session 4: October, 9
- Session 5: October 16
- Session 6: October 23 (parent session)
- October 30: mid-semester break
- Session 7: November 6 (parent session)
- Session 8: November 13
Please note that there are no sessions during the last week of October due to the University break. We request that your child commit to missing no sessions during the 2-month program to ensure that your child gets as much out of the program as possible.
Pricing
As a service to the community, the majority of the program costs are subsidized by KAUST Health. Participants will be charged the heavily discounted price of 500 SAR per participant for the 8-week program.
Apply to the Youth Wellness Program
All applicants will be contacted on September 15 to confirm if your program application has been accepted.
>> Update September 3, 2019: Thanks to everyone who applied to participate in the Youth Wellness Program. Registration is now full. We plan to run the program again, so those who did not get an opportunity to participate this time can apply during the next Youth Wellness Program.
If you have any questions about the program or application, please contact fatmah.hadadi@kaust.edu.sa.
