Rainbows Programmes

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Once a RAINBOWS Site has been established the programme can be offered to participants. The programme is divided into two blocks of six weeks, each of which is concluded with a "Celebrate Me Day". There are weekly meetings of the participants with the facilitators - these meetings vary in length depending on the age of the participants, in general ranging from 30 to 45 minutes. There are curricula and materials developed by RAINBOWS to be used in these sessions and they are provided at a number of age related levels. The same core themes are used for the weekly meetings at each level, but are explored in ways appropriate to the age of the participants at that level. The programme levels available are as follows:

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Sunbeams - Primary School (Junior/Senior Infants)

Rainbows (Levels 1 / 2 / 3) - Primary School (1st - 6th Class)

Spectrum (Levels 1 / 2 / 3) - Secondary School

Kaleidoscope - Young Adult

Prism - Parents

Silver Linings - Crisis Intervention

 

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The programmes are presented as a series of weekly themes - the themes remain the same at each level but are developed in a way appropriate to the age of the participants at that level. The themes are :

  1. One of a Kind - Self
  2. Inside Out - Feelings
  3. Why My Family?
  4. Making The Pieces Fit
  5. Blow Ups and Let Downs - Anger & Hurt
  6. Facing Fears and Worries
  7. We Are Family
  8. Where Do I Fit In in my Family Now?
  9. Different Kinds of Families
  10. Endings and Beginnings
  11. Weathering The Storms - Coping Tools
  12. Reaching Out