What Exhalia Therapy provides:

- A comprehensive art therapy program for a set amount of sessions for students to create Art in a safe, nurturing and supportive space.

- Sessions run in small groups of 4 to 8 students (minimum of 4 students to run a circle), this enables a further reach of mental health support and at the same time individualised support can still be achieved.

- Facilitated by Gemma, an experienced Primary School Teacher (17+yrs) and Art Therapist, Counsellor (ACCA registered).

- All art materials and tools are supplied, sensory regulation items and sound healing instruments.

- Gemma works with your schools allied health services, wellbeing mental health educators and the students families.

- Support and guidance of each student to provide them with mental health strategies and tools to apply to their lives.

- Before, during and after sessions communication with the Wellbeing Education staff and families of each student.

- Individualized mental health guidance for every child in a safe, nurturing environment.

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What schools are expected to provide:

- A regular calm space to fit the group.

- A list of student participants and their individualised social and emotional needs.

- Organised meetings with the school wellbeing team and contact details of families.

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Gemma can help work with your schools budget; Mental Health Fund and Menu, Respectful Relationships funding or Wellbeing School Budgets. This program will assist all students but in particular Tier 2 and Tier 3 students and provide evidence for their disability and inclusion profiles.