City firm’s yeti sets offer help for foster families

A COMMUNITY of yetis from Dundee has been recruited to support foster families.

Carolina House Trust, which helps foster carers and those in their care, has teamed up with Dundee-based Get Set Yeti to create resources featuring yeti characters to help develop a “growth mindset”.

The resources are designed for families caring for children and young people aged four to 18.

Encouraging learning through setbacks, they will help carers and children navigate everyday challenges from exams, friendship issues and peer pressure to feeling insecure or overwhelmed.

The activities are based around different yeti characters navigating the ups and downs of life.

Get Set Yeti is a digital educational and resource provider supporting schools, communities and organisations in teaching resilience and confidence-building.

As one of the first to test the new resources, Dundee foster parent Cindy Shanks believes Get Set Yeti could help build youngsters’ confidence.

She said: “The growth mindset resources are helpful, because they are fun games we can play as a family, a very well-disguised learning experience. We’d use them as and when needed or when we see a change in mood or behaviour in our young people.

“A growth mindset is important to young people, because hopefully it will help them to not give up on things, to become resilient, and build their confidence and self-belief.

“It’s hugely important and beneficial for us to have the support from Carolina House Trust. Although there are growth mindset tools out there, they are not always easily understood or accessible – and the young people have also been involved and engaged in all the events and activities.

“It’s also been a wonderful learning experience for us adults, as we have noticed a change in our thoughts on many occasions, turning negative thoughts into positive.”