Teenagers who are socially reclusive can soon play team games and take their first steps in six months to speak to their peers – all without leaving their rooms. Each week, they will meet in a virtual world in the game Minecraft – which allows players to...
Mr Joshua Tay , Impart's co-founder, first met his fellow co-founder, Mr Narasimman Tivasiha Mani, in 2015 at the Singapore Boys' Hostel.Teenagers who are socially reclusive can soon play team games and take their first steps in six months to speak to their peers – all without leaving their rooms.
The content is adapted from an intervention programme devised by Dr Cecilia Essau, a developmental psychopathology professor in London. Called Super Skills For Life, it helps young people cope with emotional difficulties such as anxiety and depression. While juvenile offenders were receiving resources to get back on track with life, Mr Tay realised there was a need to support them outside.
Mr Narasimman, along with some Yale-NUS College students and others, volunteered to tutor the boy at his flat or a shopping mall nearby. But he was often late or did not turn up.“He didn’t understand why these people kept showing up,” said Mr Tay. “Sometimes the group’s centre-based programmes have a three-strike rule, where if you don’t show up a third time, then you’re out. Narish had known that his entire life.
Mr Narasimman, who has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Murdoch University, said he relates to the young people, having struggled with his own mental health, and putting on a strong front. He had sought help from a psychologist at one point. Mr Tay, who studied philosophy, politics, and economics and graduated from university in 2021, said he chose a different path from his batch mates, who went into fields such as management consultancy and technology.“It happened at a time of my life when I saw more clearly how I had received a lot of grace that brought me to my current place in life. And grace freely received also frees you up to give yourself to another’s needs.
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