Create a culture of kindness at your school with a whole-school friendship strategy that empowers your students with friendship skills
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.
URSTRONG is pleased to announce that Be You, a national initiative in Australia focused on Mental Health in Education, has accepted our Friendology 101 curriculum into their Be You Program’s…
We are pleased to announce that our Founder, Dana Kerford, has been featured in SnapChat’s Global Friendship Report for a second year in a row. As one of 17 experts…
Wellbeing Through the Lens of Friendship After years and years of requests, URSTRONG is pleased to announce the launch of The Friendship Journal. This annual planner for schools is designed…
We are delighted to announce that our CEO, Michael Kerford, was invited to be a Member of the UNESCO MGIEP (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development)…
31 classes, 4,000+ children, 25 countries On May 15, 2020 we ran our final public URSTRONG Classroom session. For two months, we ran (drum roll, please!) 31 URSTRONG Classroom lessons…
Overview What does anxiety look like for children, tweens, & teens during a pandemic? In this interview, we tap into the brilliant mind of Karen Young, Anxiety Expert. Learn where…
URSTRONG launches a Virtual Classroom for Kids Around the Globe During this uneasy time, our primary goal is: Keeping Kids Connected. Research shows us that social connection is the most…
To our URSTRONG Community,Like many of you, we’ve been closely monitoring the developing COVID-19 outbreak over the past month. We’ve been working with a number of our URSTRONG Schools who…
Overview What if someone is following me around? What do I do if a friend keeps stealing another friend away from me? What if someone is always rude to me…
Overview How can we help kids feel safe? How do we help them feel seen and heard? And, how do we help them feel a sense of belonging? In this episode…
Overview Want to listen in on a webinar that Dana hosted for educators? Explicitly teaching children how to develop healthy friendships and manage conflict in a positive way is at…
Overview Want to listen in on a webinar that Dana hosted for parents? In this webinar, Dana Kerford shared what she’s learned from 10 years devoted to studying childhood friendships…
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