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Established in 2020 through Kindness Factory

Kath Koschel is the founder of both.

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Anyone can be trained with the curriculum including teachers, schools, parents, and caregivers.

Level of education needed: While anyone is allowed to collaborate and use the free curriculum, if it is not from a parent, the adult should have further education as a teacher or clinician to compliment the curriculum.

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Length of course: The Kindness Curriculum has 3 different school offerings;

-Kindness Curriculum Activities

-Kindness Curriculum Social and emotional learning (SEL) Program

-Kindness Keynotes

Cost: Free

-additional curriculum offered (for primary schools only): Public administration can register for a price of $990

-additional curriculum offered (for both primary and high schools, allowing to book a talk): $2,500/session

Contact Information:

1. Send contact information through the website.

2. Pick preferred ambassador.

3. Have the Ambassador talk with the students.

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12 week course, sectioned into 3 week sessions for a 4 term education period.

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Kindness Curriculum was developed focusing on the twelve core attributes that fall under kindness.

The 12 core attributes are:

1. honesty

2. perspective

3. collaboration

4. mindfulness

5. positivity

6. self acceptance

7. empathy

8. compassion

9. humor

10. trust

11. humility

12. gratitude

All align with the core values of occupational therapy and the practice framework that occupational therapists work with every day.

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Specific example: Individual regulates emotions and is able to respond and express emotions appropriately to peer, utilizing mindfulness, collaboration, empathy, positivity, and compassion out of the 12 core attributes of the kindness curriculum. Showing this can enhance the participation of socialization while also effectively communicating and practicing the therpeutic use of self.

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Activities included are evidence based and can be valuable for anyone who may be lacking information on kindness and kindness tools. Activities are groups in age groups ensuring age appropriate activities:

-prior to school

-grades 1-3

-grades 4-6

-grades 7-10

-grades 11-12

Kindness curriculum is evidence based and it is governed by an academic board including members on the board with doctorate qualifications.

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Kindness Curriculum and Occupational Therapy

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Kindness Curriculum and Occupational Therapy

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Core values of occupational therapy both ethical practice and practice framework we use with our clients include and require for honesty, perspective, collaboration, mindfulness, positivity, self acceptance, empathy, compassion, and trust. The core attributes including humor, humility and gratitude also come with the process of occupational therapy at times from both the clients and the therapist through experience and interracting and trying new things with clients.

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The kindness curriculum can help with perspective taking which can help influence point of view, which is what allows and encourages individuals to work together through collaboration and communication.

This works to enhance the occupation of participation in socialization.

Through participation in socialization performance skills expressing emotions and replying (keeping conversation going by replying appropriately) are impacted.

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Ted Talk (~14 mins)

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NOTE FROM TED: This talk contains a discussion of suicide which may be alienating to some viewers. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_content_guidelines.pdf Kath's inspirational talk draws on her own experiences overcoming numerous personal setbacks and tragedies, to encourage everyone to find meaningful ways to connect through kindness.

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Kindness is the key to connection. TED Talk. (n.d.). https://www.ted.com/talks/kindness_is_the_key_to_connection?hasSummary=true

Solomon, J. W., & O’Brien, J. C. (2021). Pediatric skills: For occupational therapy assistants. Elsevier.

Koschel, K. (2024, January 31). Kath Koschel was told she’d never walk again. then she found kindness. The Standard. https://www.standard.net.au/story/8219697/kath-koschel-was-told-shed-never-walk-again-then-she-found-kindness/

American Occupational Therapy Association. (2014). Occupational therapy practice framework: Domain and process (3rd ed.). American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 68(Suppl. 1), S1–S48. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2014.682006