listening stone

HOW IT WORKS

The Listening Stone programme (LSP) is an eight-session group programme aimed at primary school-aged children who may have experienced trauma, loss, or bereavement.

The LSP aims to help children improve their emotional, mental, and spiritual health and their well-being. Additionally, the program supports their ability to build their own resilience and sense of hope.

The programme explores the themes in the story, The Listening Stone. The eight sessions focus on issues and themes such as loss, friendship, identity, fear, anxiety, depression, resilience, hope, destiny, and purpose.

The sessions are designed to help children develop social and life skills, as well as self-awareness and self-expression, through playful, creative means in a safe, therapeutic space.

The Listening Stone has government recognition and is currently being further evidence-based with a research team. The LSP has been delivered internationally by both our teams and partnering organisations on the ground.

2024 LSP Impact

The Listening Stone Programme delivered in the Iraq IDP camp, 240 children went through our dramatherapy programme in Iraq over twelve months.

  • 96% said they were less anxious about things.
  • 96% surveyed said they felt more confident.
  • 87.5% said they have more friends now.

The Listening Stone Programme was delivered in Scottish schools. 52 Children received dramatherapy support.;

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  • 60% improvement in their psychosocial well-being.
  • 30% improvement in emotional conduct.

​The Listening Stone Programme is delivered to newly arrived Ukrainian children in Scotland. 28 Ukrainian children received specialist dramatherapy support upon arrival.

  • 80% improvement in their psychosocial well-being.
  • 80% improvement in their emotional conduct & prosocial behaviour.