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There’s lots of exciting things happening at URSTRONG! We love sharing our key milestones as we work towards our goal of bringing friendship skills to children from all corners of the world.

Understanding the Developmental Stages of Empathy in Friendships

April 2024 – As we focus on empathy this month, it’s important to consider the developmental stages of those gorgeous growing brains in our schools. By the age 3 or…

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Supporting Neurodivergent Learners with Friendship Skills

URSTRONG is proud to have worked with thousands of neurodiverse students in schools around the world.  Neurodiversity, a term coined in 1998 by an Australian sociologist, is about recognizing and…

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JUST RELEASED: Friendology Student Handbooks for Each Grade!

February 2024 – We’re so excited to announce that our Friendology Student Handbooks are now available for purchase for our URSTRONG Schools. These student workbooks provide a whole year of…

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Our Monthly Wellbeing Themes

At URSTRONG, we look at social-emotional wellbeing through the lens of friendship. After researching all the wellbeing frameworks out there, like CASEL and PERMA, we identified the top 12 concepts…

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Language of Friendship Wins Community Event of the Year

February 2024 – The award for Maroondah City Council Community Event of the Year recognises an event which best reflects the importance of strong community values and ties. We are…

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15 Years of URSTRONG’s Friendship Skills Curriculum in Schools

January 2024 – This year marks a huge milestone for URSTRONG – 15 years of empowering children with friendship skills. URSTRONG first launched its flagship friendship skills curriculum, Friendology, in…

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Learning for Friendship at Barker College in Sydney, Australia

Over the recent years, the Junior School at Barker College has developed a partnership with URSTRONG.       The common language of friendships, and the wealth of teaching and…

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Friendology Student Handbooks for Each Grade in 2024!

We are so excited to announce to our URSTRONG Schools that we are publishing Friendology Handbooks for EACH GRADE from Year 1 to Year 6, walking students through our Friendology…

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Show Your Child How to Make New Friends

Doctor’s Orders: Show Your Child How to Make Friendships a Priority! November 10, 2023: I was recently interviewed for an article in Wellbeing Magazine on making friends as an adult….

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A Partnership with Catholic Education Western Australia

Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) have adopted URSTRONG’s Friendology friendship skills curriculum & whole-school friendship strategy in their strategic system-wide approach to enhance wellbeing.  Oct 26, 2023: URSTRONG and CEWA…

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What is the Evidence-Base for URSTRONG?

Our global team of URSTRONG Schools can attest to the impact that our program has on a community and we’ve loved hearing so many success stories over the years. In…

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Try “Pushing Pause” on Worries!

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