The School Program
KINDNESS ON PURPOSE IS A
Primary
Secondary
Early Childhood
PROGRAM THAT CONNECTS STUDENTS TO EMPATHY.
KINDNESS ON PURPOSE is a research based school program that connects students to empathy.
Increased empathy + increased emotional literacy =
increased prosocial behaviour
lower rates of bullying
better educational outcomes
lower rates of depression and anxiety
WHEN YOU CONNECT STUDENTS TO EMPATHY THERE IS:
Increased prosocial behaviour
LESS BULLYING
LOWER RATES OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
INCREASED STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Better educational outcomes
POSITIVE WELLBEING FOR ALL STUDENTS
Kindness On Purpose is a research into practice program
with clinical grit that can make a big difference in your school
Kindness On Purpose has several levels of intervention including;
A whole school approach
Classroom lessons
Individual students who may be engaging in behaviour that is hurtful to themselves or others.
Individual students who may be engaging in bullying behaviour
Individual students who are victims of bullying and other behaviour
Supporting the Principal, teachers and support staff to implement the KOP way into their school.
Positively engaging parents, carers and the school community.
To register your interest in the program please contact us here
photography by Elizabeth Allnutt
ABOUT KATRINA CAVANOUGH
Katrina Cavanough MAASW BSWBSocSc is the CEO and Founder of Kindness On Purpose EDUCATION and Engage On Purpose CORPORATE.
Kindness On Purpose is an in school empathy based program that reduces bullying and increases emotional literacy and learning outcomes.
Engage On Purpose offers services to the corporate sector focusing on emerging trends into the way the brain and behaviour determine employee experience, leadership engagement and empathic customer care.
Katrina Cavanough has worked extensively in the media. She is a coach on Balance By Deborah Hutton and is described as an architect of change on MariaShriver.com. She is a published author with Allen and Unwin, and has contributed to Simple Reminders - inspiration for living your best life with Bryant McGill; which became a USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestseller. Katrina's relaxation meditations for children from the Kindness On Purpose program are featured on the BBDH channel on Virgin airlines In flight entertainment and her Meditation CD for children - Happy Little Hearts is distributed internationally.
Katrina has been featured on national TV, national and international radio (SeriusXM, Hay House Radio, Voice America, OM Times Radio, 2DayFM’s, MIX106.5FM) as well as in various print and online media.
With over 22 years experience, Katrina is a management coach and clinical consultant in her field. She is an accredited mental health care social worker who is eligible to provide care under the Australian Medicare Scheme with a GP referral.
Katrina holds two university degrees (BSWBSocSc) in the field of relationships and human behavior. Katrina has worked as a Relationship Therapist, Child & Family Therapist, and Drug & Alcohol Clinician. She has worked as the Service Manager of a Forensic Drug & Alcohol Program and as a front-line social worker in a busy emergency department. These years of services have given her expertise with relationships, psychological trauma, death and grief.
