Introducing the Thrive Approach.

Alternative education and understanding young people is the beating heart of what we do at The Hub. Our purpose is to help young people manage and regulate their emotions by providing them with a safe space to be welcomed every day, allowing them to reach their full potential.
We are very pleased to welcome Lydia to our team. With a wealth of experience working as a Thrive Practitioner and with young people, we know that Lydia will be a valued addition to the team.

What is Thrive?

Thrive provides the tools, skills and insights needed to help children become more emotionally resilient. Grounded in established neuroscience, attachment theory and child development, the Thrive Approach has been developed over the past 25 years and draws on a wealth of experience in social work, psychotherapy and education.

Our facilitators can access action plans with suggestions and activities to try out that are individual to each learner, meaning that each session is tailor-made to meet the needs of each learner?

How does it work?

During early development, the body and brain establish the body’s stress-regulation system. This lays the foundation for our social and emotional development throughout life, affecting our capacity to relate, love, learn and manage stress in healthy ways.
For children who have gaps in this vital stage of early development, this can lead to anger issues, problems in education and learning difficulties.

The Thrive Approach draws on these theories to explore how healthy attachment relationships can be formed and how these can be used to achieve better outcomes for children and young people.

So why do we use the Thrive Approach?

If a child or young person has a developmental interruption at Doing (as defined in the Thrive FTC model), the supportive adult’s key task is in helping that child build their confidence and curiosity in doing things. This is a core learning pillar at The Hub. We take a very practical and holistic approach to encourage our learners so that they can discover and develop for themselves.

Nature is a sensory treasure-chest of textures, colours, sounds, and movement. It’s a great place to test physical capabilities and bodily limitations. It’s the ideal experimental play-space, where our learners can endlessly explore, observe and be creative. It’s all about having fun, trying new things, and sometimes getting dirty/messy. Remember, taking the time to explore and experiment with our young people is the important part.

So why do we use the Thrive Approach?

If a child or young person has a developmental interruption at Doing (as defined in the Thrive FTC model), the supportive adult’s key task is in helping that child build their confidence and curiosity in doing things. This is a core learning pillar at The Hub. We take a very practical and holistic approach to encourage our learners so that they can discover and develop for themselves.

Nature is a sensory treasure-chest of textures, colours, sounds, and movement. It’s a great place to test physical capabilities and bodily limitations. It’s the ideal experimental play-space, where our learners can endlessly explore, observe and be creative. It’s all about having fun, trying new things, and sometimes getting dirty/messy. Remember, taking the time to explore and experiment with our young people is the important part.

How can you implement The Thrive Approach at home?

The good news is, if you are caring for a young person who could benefit from the Thrive Approach, there are simple ways to start. Try a simple walk in the countryside. There is an unlimited number of sensory experiences to be had.

  • Observing the sounds of birds in the woods, the buzzing and flitting of insects

  • Playing roly-poly down a grassy knoll

  • Launching sycamore seeds helicopters

  • Tracking: identifying and following animal tracks

  • Fishing: digging up worms and using them for bait

  • Collecting, identifying pressing flowers and grasses

  • Geology expeditions: collecting and identifying different rock samples

  • Making a dreamcatcher

  • Foraging for blackberries

We look forward to learning more about thrive from Lydia and working closely with our learners in this new term!

For more information about Thrive please visit the website: https://www.thriveapproach.com/