Safeguarding

Steady Session publishes the materials and plans to train facilitators from after the first pilot; it doesn't run sessions with children itself. Each Emotion Explorers group runs inside a school, and the school is responsible for the children in it, under its own child-safety and student protection procedures. That's true of the groups I facilitate during the first pilot too.

If a child is in immediate danger, call 000.

If you're worried about a child in an Emotion Explorers group, tell the school's principal or the staff member responsible for student protection, so it's handled under the school's procedures. If a child tells a facilitator something that suggests they or someone else may be at risk of harm, the facilitator must pass it on under those procedures.

To raise a concern about the materials or about a facilitator, use the contact form. It isn't checked around the clock, so please don't use it for anything urgent.

Support for children and families: Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800, Lifeline 13 11 14, 13YARN 13 92 76, Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636.