The Youth Quest Program
This evidence-based program is facilitated by trained peer facilitators. The Quest is more than just a program—it's an empowering journey for disabled young people to imagine, plan, and pursue a good life.
- Age groups: 12-15 yrs and 16-21 yrs.
- Sessions: 5 weekly sessions (2 hrs each) and 3 follow up sessions, including one on one sessions.
- Groups: 10 participants each.
- Fee: Free for participants from the Waikato. This programme is funded by the Ministry of Youth Development.
The Youth Quest Program accelerates learning of life skills through fun and engaging activities. Participants learn to:
- Transform strengths into superpower - understand what is unique and special about them
- Formulate an inspiring vision for their future life
Set and achieve goals through bespoke ground-breaking planning tools
- Grow wellbeing as travel fuel - the more fuel, the longer and more interesting their adventure will be
- Collect the keys to a “Good life” - what different dimensions of live impact on what outcomes
- Collate learning from their adventure into a “treasure chest” - integrate their learning and sharing it to describe their adventure
Participants use tools, which were co-designed with past participants like them:
- A Vision Board tool to set out their inspiring future
- A Wellbeing dashboard to build their confidence in goal setting
- A Goal to Action tool to unpack their goals into smaller, achievable steps
- A Wall of Honour leaderboard to ensure goals cover all areas of a future of contribution and participation.
Photo: Quest graduation
The Youth Quest ethos is congruent with the New Zealand Government ‘Enabling Good Lives’ System Transformation recent initiatives.
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