Partners

The development of the KooLKIDS Program, Training Manual, and Resource Kit has been funded by ongoing Australian Research Council Discovery Grant funding between The University of Queensland and The University of Western Australia and through the ARC Special Research Initiative – Science of Learning Research Centre. We would like to acknowledge the Australian Research Council for providing such funding to enable the preliminary research on which this intervention is based, and to bring to fruition the program resources for children who may be disengaging from school at an early age.

We would like to acknowledge the work, support and encouragement of the principals and teachers in the primary schools across Queensland and Western Australia who have participated numerous trials of the KooLKIDS program in the development and refinement of the KooLKIDS program, material, and resources. Special thanks go to the families and children who have completed surveys in order for us to better understand children’s social emotional learning, decision making, relationship skills, engagement and motivation.

We would also like to thank the principals, teachers, and guidance officers who participated in interviews to provide us with snapshots of what works best for children to help them regulate their emotions in the schooling environment. These interviews provided valuable information on which the modules of the present program are based.