Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 - 11:21
Mental health platform to let kids stand tall
Claire Orange remembers twice needing to rethink her methods across her 25 years spent treating children’s mental wellbeing.
Claire Orange
Co-Founder, Director / DiGii Social
Claire Orange is the co-founder and director of DiGii, an educational training platform for upper primary school children in good digital citizenship as well as digital health and safety on social media.
She spent 26 years as a therapist and is the resident wellbeing expert for Channel 9 and 882-6PR, appearing on TV and through radios across Australia every week, a sought-after conference speaker, an R U OK ambassador, and a passionate advocate for the wellbeing of children and their families.
Ms Orange is also the co-author of several self-help books for children and parents as well as a Social and Emotional Learning curriculum package for Educators and Health Professionals. She made it her mission to increase and promote the preventative mental health care that every child needs and deserves.
