I'm fortunate to be involved with Discovery Foundation and the Discovery for Teens program. I shoot stills and some video for them to provide the teens with strong images to help remind them of the fun times and great learning for their attendance. The following video was shot very RAW and was unscripted to ensure the Teens own voices were heard.
About Discovery
Founded in 1991, Discovery Foundation Inc. is a registered not-for-profit, incorporated society. It is a registered New Zealand charity, number CC25089.
Discovery for Teens is a unique programme for all young New Zealanders. Unlike other programmes it does not focus solely on at risk, or high-achievers, but provides benefits to all backgrounds and is in fact successful due to having a cross-spread of the average NZ population on programme.
Discovery is directly derived from Winners Camp Hawaii, which itself is derived from Super Camp in the USA and is also known as Discovery in Australia. Since 2010 Discovery Foundation NZ (Inc.) has full ownership of the local intellectual property and may develop and deliver the programme.
Life-skills
Discovery For Teens' course provides and puts into action insights and tools for:
- Self-awareness, time-out and reframing techniques / language
- Personal responsibility, self-management and self-motivation
- Interpersonal communication skills and approaches for peers, teachers, parents and authority
- Healthy options and choices from food and sleep through to technology overuse and other addictions or addictive behaviours
- Academic techniques such as speed reading, memorisation & exam / assignment techniques
- The impact on our lives (medium- and long-term) of everyday decisions and actions we take
Nationwide
Courses have been provided all over NZ including the South Island, Manawatu, Rotorua and Wellington. Since 2013 Discovery for Teens has been held in Henderson, Auckland with one foray to Christchurch in 2015 with the help of Jetstar . The vision is hold the programme in various locations every year, to hold programmes in Wellington and the South Island once again, with thousands of Kiwi families participating and experiencing the benefits of Discovery
Tools for change:
- Interpersonal communication skills and approaches for peers, teachers, parents and authority
- Time-out and reframing techniques / language
- Goal Setting, "What-you-focus-on-you-get","Chunking into bite-sizes"
- Thoughts - words - actions
- Self-presentation / Breaking from the herd
- Teams, team work and Ropes Day
Vision/Mission/Values
Vision:
To positively impact upon the lives and futures of every teenager, their families and communities.
Mission:
To equip teenagers with self-awareness, study-skills and life-skills. Discovery provides our young men and women with an appreciation of choices and consequences so that, with confidence and courage, they can make the right decisions to confidently be all they can.
We Aim To:
- Approach all situations with respect, empathy and fun.
- Focus on the present and future; leaving baggage behind.
- Be widely identified as the best programme for ordinary teenagers.
- Be not-for-profit and commercially savvy. We grow within our means and will be accessible and affordable to all New Zealand families.
- Be economical and also excellent in everything we deliver.
- Be both apolitical and nonreligious.
- Support and show gratitude to our supporters.
Respect Equality Courage Learning Responsibility
Unbiased
Discovery is a non-religious, non-political, non-gender biased programme. Participants with physical disabilities are also welcomed as full participants. Discovery grows teens mentally and emotionally with all physical elements team-orientated and starts by asking participants to accept and celebrate who they are and use this to find their forward looking strengths.
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