Tag: schools for hope
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iFred Launches Hopeful Minds Program Globally to Address Anxiety, Depression, and Self Harm with Youth
iFred updates ‘Schools for Hope’ program with a rebrand to Hopeful Minds, with a new advisory team and additional lessons to address failure and rumination in young students. The program is free and available online, and initial research by iFred in the USA has illustrated that ‘The Hope Curriculum’ may be an effective means of…
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Inspiring HOPE: One School At A Time
iFred launched Schools for Hope in Fall 2014 in two Chicago-area school districts (Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee, Ill., and Oakland School in Antioch, Ill.) with the goal of expanding nationally and internationally. The program will launch in South America and Nepal this year, and is available for translation and in cobranded partnerships with other nonprofits…
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Inspiring HOPE: Around the World
Did you know that Schools for Hope is not just a program available in the U.S., but is internationally inspiring HOPE? This year the program will not only be taught around the continental U.S., but can also be found in South America and Nepal. Schools for Hope is available for translation and in cobranded partnerships…
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Teaching Hope to Prevent Suicide, One Child At A Time
Can you teach children how to have hope? That is the question we at the International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression (iFred) set out to answer several years ago when we began work developing a new hope curriculum. According to a recent study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, 1 out…
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Sharing Hope with Others this Holiday Season
#GivingTuesday, a global event held each year, inspires us to give back to others and provides a day to show support for the causes that are dear to our hearts. To share our own appreciation, iFred decided to try something new and created a way to “crowd fund” our crowd funding campaign. We have included…
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Gratitude for Health
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, there will inevitably be a lot of talk about thankfulness and appreciation of life and all they have to offer. Aside from the goodness of gratitude on a personal, social, and at times economic level, rarely do we talk about the healing power of #gratitude. This Thanksgiving and each…
