Desty Island
What is DESTY Island?
Created by Educational Psychologist & DESTY Founder Stephanie O'Malley DESTY Island is a safe, fun, interactive world where children learn about themselves, their feelings and how to manage BIG feelings.
Children visit DESTY Island online with their trained DESTY mentor who is an educator such as a SENCO, Pastoral Care Worker, or LSA that works in the child’s school. There they meet our wonderful character DESTY who acts as their island guide and friend. This is a one to one, individualised and targetted programme where child and mentor work together over an average of fourteen 30-40 minute guided sessions aimed at building children’s emotional resilience.
What makes the DESTY Island Programme Different?
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Builds Relationship & Social Skills: It promotes the development of a stable, positive relationship between a key adult and a child on a one to one basis.
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Personlised Programme: Every step a child takes on their DESTY Island journey they're telling their own unique story. This can then be downloaded and shared with the key people in their life.
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Offline Activities: DESTY is more than just an online programme. In fact our programme is built around online and offline activities. Each package comes with a DESTY Resilience Toolkit including a DESTY Island Adventure Workbook, a DESTY Teddy and a pack of DESTY Feelings Cards.
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Evidence Based: Our pilot study found that 80% of children who used the DESTY® Island Programme improved their emotional wellbeing.
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valuation of Outcomes: We provide easy access to pre and post Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) so mentors can track improvements in the child's wellbeing and behaviour.
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Ongoing Support: As a DESTY Mentor you are supported every step of the way from the moment you register for your training course. We offer individual programme and technical support on a needs basis.
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valuation of Outcomes: We provide easy access to pre and post Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) so mentors can track improvements in the child's wellbeing and behaviour.
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Ongoing Support: As a DESTY Mentor you are supported every step of the way from the moment you register for your training course. We offer individual programme and technical support on a needs basis.
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DESTY Academy: Each Certified DESTY Mentor has access to the DESTY Academy which includes a range of additional professional development courses. Topics include Rooting Out Bulling, Supporting Children Through Grief, Working with Worries among many more.
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DESTY Academy: Each Certified DESTY Mentor has access to the DESTY Academy which includes a range of additional professional development courses. Topics include Rooting Out Bulling, Supporting Children Through Grief, Working with Worries among many more.