Brave Voices Club
7 week programme
A safe, empowering environment to build speaking confidence
Start Date: Thursday 6 August (weekly for 7 weeks)
Time: 3:45pm - 4:45pm
Who: Children 8 – 12 years old
Where: First floor, 642 New North Road, Morningside, Auckland, 1022
Fee: $402.50 (incl GST)
Does your child find speaking up and talking in front of others scary?
This club is for kids aged 8-12 who would like to build their confidence in a safe and supportive environment. Over the 7 week course, we will get to know each other (whanaungatanga) through drama games and activities that promote confidence, communication skills, teamwork and spontaneity.
Through speech and drama activities, we will aim to give you the tools to manage nerves, have faith in yourself and develop language and communication tools.
Amy Usherwood
Course Facilitator
Drama consultant and psychotherapist pending disertation
Amy is a speech and drama teacher, actor and psychotherapy student. At Kidz Therapy, Amy facilitates our Social Squad course, helping children develop their social skills and confidence in a safe, empowering environment.
She graduated with a BA in acting from NIDA, Sydney in 2007 and has performed professionally on stage and screen since then.
Amy’s past experience includes working as a Captain Starlight, to facilitate play with patients and their siblings at Sydney Children’s Hospital. She has 15 years’ experience teaching speech and drama to children and adults in Australia and New Zealand. Amy currently works with Head Held High to teach speech and drama in various schools.
Her acting credits include Shortland Street, Hillary, The Brokenwood Mysteries, Pop-up Globe and Auckland Theatre Company.
In 2022, Amy completed her post-graduate diploma in Psychotherapy at AUT and is currently studying for her Master of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy.
What happens at Brave Voices Club?
What is covered at Brave Voices Club?
The course covers a range of topics to help your child develop their communication and speaking skills including:
- Speaking confidence
- Joining new groups
- School speeches
- Speaking with confidence
