DESTY IN SCHOOL

Hear from our DESTY Mentors…

  • "I have really enjoyed the DESTY training programme, Desty has helped me as a parent and on a professional level. I would highly recommend the programme to anyone working with children to help them gain emotional confidence and help them deal with tricky emotions and feelings. The programme is a fantastic tool for any school to access. As a Mentor it's very easy to navigate the online programme"

    Samantha Fleetwood

  • "This course was easily accessible and I felt well supported throughout. I am so looking forward to taking more children on the journey of DESTY Island and seeing more positive outcomes!"

    Georgie Coates

  • “Desty has proved to be an enjoyable and popular intervention for our children. It is engaging and interactive, giving the chance to connect 1:1 with both Desty and the mentor delivering the sessions. Our children from Reception through to Year 6 are engaged and invested throughout, they are keen to visit Desty Island and thoughtfully explore their core emotions in a safe and secure way”

    Joanne Formby

  • "DESTY is a really powerful program; it works really well to support children with their emotional regulation. It helps to build connection with the children and get to know them; for them to learn about themselves. The child is really at the centre of this discovery. Progression is clearly seen for the children and this creates great opportunities for success and further self-discovery."

    Lorraine Riddel

  • "I would just like to say my children have not long started on the DESTY programme but they are fully immersed in it for the whole of their session. It has taught me some new things and a different way of looking at some things. It was an amazing course and I really enjoyed my journey on it. I look forward to taking part with the children every session. Thank you so much for letting me be a part of this outstanding programme."

    Kate mead

 

DESTY Mentor Stories

"As an adult or a child, feelings can get in the way of success, with this programme we are equipping children with the emotional confidence to recognise and cope with their feelings preventing emotional barriers to learning."

DAWN BAILEY - Slough Virtual School

"I really enjoyed the DESTY training programme. It has helped me on both a personal and professional level. I would recommend it to anyone out their working with children and young people."

SEAN O'NEILL, Educator, Ireland

"The DESTY Mentor training course has provided me with unique insights into the work of equipping children with a level of self-knowledge and self-esteem which will empower them to grow and thrive in our 21st century world."

DEIRDRE CROMBIE, Educator, Brussels International School

"I highly recommend the online Desty mentor training as a Special Education Teacher. The programme is very child friendly, dealing with very important issues in a non- threatening and fun way, and implementing it reaps fantastic results for the child."

THERESA O'SULLIVAN, Educator, Ireland

"The programme is perfectly structured and when trained as a Mentor it's very easy to navigate the online programme. I would highly recommend this programme as a perfect tool for any school who are looking for a fun, interactive and quality social and emotional programme."

LORRAINE SARSFIELD, Educator, Ireland

"I am thrilled to have completed the DESTY Mentor training course which has made a very positive impact both professionally and personally. Thank you for making me a better DESTY mentor. Cannot recommend highly enough."

MAURA CAWLEY, Educator, Ireland

"The Desty programme is a very valuable tool for any individual who works with people, whether children, adults with a disability or working as a team member in the work place as it gave me the tools to work with my child and also I was able to adapt the learning to work based situations."

ANDREA FISHER, Parent, Ireland

"This course really shined a spotlight on what is going on behind the scenes in my child's world while giving me the tools to help the situation. Now that I have the clarity I can deal with situations with a win-win outcome."

NIAMH MCINTYRE, Parent, Switzerland

"I would highly recommend this course as it has helped me to understand my young person on so many levels. The training was exceptional and course tutor Stephanie was fantastic with us. Great layout and structure with great support."

CLAIRE FITZGERALD, Educator, Knowsley

"The triangle approach to the Island /Workbook/Child/Mentor makes this programme more accessible to the child whilst really reinforcing what each emotion is. The games and activities are all there so you don't have to gather any additional resources."

SAM LIVERSY, Educator, Knowsley

"The course was immensely helpful and as educators we imagine we use the techniques taught every day within the workplace, however in reality its probably easy to let all of this slip when you yourself are not having the best of days, or the children we work with are unable to express their own feelings and can become frustrated, so being able to do the course and learning to empathise more has been a great help to enable us to fully understand and try to put the feelings of children and ourselves into perspective."

ANNE-MARIE FLEXIN, Educator, Knowsley

"As a Teacher and a Foster Carer I found the DESTY Mentor Training programme to be invaluable. It sets you a solid, scientific foundation to assist in understanding behaviours, dealing with emotions and building relationships that can lead children on a journey to becoming the best version of themselves. Delivered through online seminars with an infectious enthusiasm and passion that inspires, I cannot recommend this highly enough."

PAUL CLIFF, Educator & Foster Carer

"As a parent I think it really gets you thinking about what it is like for a child trying to manage their feelings, thoughts, orders from us and the world and in general noise all around them. It is of huge value to us to be able to put some order on those feelings while at the same time being better able to deal with our own feelings therefore showing empathy and building resilience."

TOM, Adoptive Parent, Ireland