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Jude Dobson

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The Foundation's Gemstones resource kits, which are part of our TSI genre of material, are in many schools that have been using them for 4 - 5 years, often in several classes during the various school terms.

Other specially appointed Resource Teachers use their allocated personal kits to help students in the various schools in which they work, to assist students with special needs. (R.T.L.Bs often serve clusters of 5 - 6 schools in their working area of responsibility).

Recently we offered our resource material to some new schools and received a 65% positive acceptance and uptake on our invitation to supply them with Gemstones.

During term 3 this year (2009), we intend to invite schools, teachers and R.T.L.B's who have been using our Gemstones resource for over 12 months, to identify what they consider the key strengths of the ideas and the values of appreciation, character, honesty, integrity and respect espoused within Gemstones.

The material in this resource is based on the work and written material ("Gem of the First Water"), of family therapist Ron Phillips MA. MFT. © 2004 Young New Zealanders Foundation under licence to T.S.I. International Ltd – Revised May 2008. Click here to read more about Gemstones...