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Quirky Kid travelled to British Columbia in February 2015 for a series of professional workshops with Richmond Addiction Services Society and engagement with Canada’s alternate education sector.
A contemporaneous Quirky Kid record preserved a public announcement from Richmond Addiction Services Society, RASS, confirming that Quirky Kid and RASS were teaming up to provide training and supportive workshops from 16 to 18 February 2015.
The visit also connected Quirky Kid with the British Columbia Alternate Education Association. The BCAEA is a Provincial Specialist Association of the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation and supports professionals working with students in alternate education settings.
Supporting professionals working with young people
The Canadian visit created an opportunity to share practical approaches developed through Quirky Kid’s child psychology, social and emotional learning and performance psychology work.
Quirky Kid’s historical account records the team as contributing around the BCAEA conference period, while the RASS announcement provides a separate record of the joint professional workshops delivered immediately beforehand.
A practical international partnership
Richmond Addiction Services Society worked with young people and families across prevention, education, engagement and treatment services. The collaboration therefore placed Quirky Kid’s psychology and educational resources in a setting closely connected with adolescents experiencing complex social, emotional and behavioural challenges.
Power Up!, Quirky Kid’s performance psychology program, later became one of the resources associated with the Canadian relationship. Quirky Kid’s current Power Up! program record continues to list RASS in Canada among organisations that have used the program.
Part of Quirky Kid’s international development
The 2015 Canada work sits within a wider period when Quirky Kid was taking Australian-developed psychology resources into international education, publishing and community settings.
That period also included activity in Bologna, London, Frankfurt, Singapore and Shanghai, helping the organisation test how its programs and resources could translate across different professional and cultural contexts.
