The goodkids academy
MENTAL & EMOTIONAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM FOR YOUTH
The GoodKids Academy provides mental health awareness, emotional management, and coping skills for students from various background to learn how to deal with the challenges that they are facing now.
The pandemic proves that we cannot predict the challenges that our students would face in the future. But we can teach them to learn, to grow and to be resilient to fight their own battles.
We provide
MENTAL EMOTIONAL WELLBEING CONTENT
for our students
Our aim is to help our youth cope with adversity and develop into resilient individuals using our content that is developed by professionals in the mental health field.
MINDMOVERS
Become the greatest version of yourself!
Great futures
start with a chance.
By signing up on our MINDMOVERS program, you are giving 5 deserving students the access to our GOODKIDS ACADEMY content for free.
Sign up for one of our life-changing programmes to better cope with the pandemic.
Our Courses
We specialize in helping individuals and corporates cope with circumstantial changes and develop positive wellbeing. Our programmes are created by mental health professionals with years of experience in assisting people to reach their full potential by promoting wellness and resilience. Our methodologies are highly engaging and allows one to understand themselves deeper for a holistic and sustainable impact.
The Art of Building Resilience
Learn factors that influence personal and professional resilience and develop a resilient mindset. The techniques in this program will help you respond to stress, adapt to changes and cope with challenges in using multiple ways. You will learn practical coping methods that will help focus on what is important for you and strive through the barriers that prevents you from achieving a fulfilling life.
Psychological Immunity for Wellbeing
Learn psychological wellbeing and practice positive psychology to improve your overall well being. The techniques in this program will help you create awareness to your emotions, provide you an understanding on choices and take charge of your life holistically. You will learn practical methods to change perspectives, reprogram your emotional response and break self defeating habits.
ABOUT US
We are a social enterprise
Goodkids Impact reports
Here are our impact reports. Please feel free to view or download.
GoodKids is a social enterprise transforming youth using counseling and the arts.
We develop programs to help youth build confidence, develop critical skills, mental and emotional strength to lead an independent and purposeful life.
In the past 6 years, we have impacted over 800 youth from the B40 community.
We have ensured the B40 students had devices and internet during the pandemic in order to continue learning. Our programs have helped students feel more confident, open to learning and increase their participation in academic lessons. We have empowered these youths to become role models in their schools and their communities.
GoodKids is an accredited social enterprise under the Ministry of Entrepreneurship Development & Cooperatives (MEDAC).
All contributions in support of our work are tax exempted under the Income Tax Act 1967 (ACP 1967) of Ministry of Finance (MOF)
Our Team
We are a dynamic team who bring together our strength in various area to create sustainable impact in our society.
Initiated by Balasubramaniam, a passionate counseling psychologist who has over 35 years of experience working with marginalized youth, GoodKids grew into a social enterprise when joined hands by Naaraayini, a talented musician who intertwines the arts and psychology into training content and Koggelavani a musician and entrepreneur who is never lack of crazy ideas.
Our Projects
APA PANDANG PANDANG
An online exhibition of the GoodKids students’ artwork depicting their struggle coming from the B40 community and how the pandemic affected them. Some of the artwork are converted to illustrations to tell their story of survival.
GOODKIDS LEAGUE
Annual performing arts competition among the students who have trained under the GoodKids program for 6 months. The students develop a sketch highlighting a story in their community and play their own music using bucket drums and other creatively made instruments using recycled materials.
WHEN BELLS MEET BUCKETS
A dance theatre production bringing Bharatanatyam and bucket drums together narrating the stories of children growing up in the B40 communities giving details of their struggle within the family, school, and peer influences. The production end with a message urging the society to stop labelling children from these background.