Definitions for friendship bench
friend·ship bench

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. friendship benchnoun

   A bench in a grade school's public area meant for a child on free time in need of someone to talk with, and whoever joins him there for that reason.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Friendship bench

   The Friendship Bench programme is a Zimbabwean community based mental health intervention where trained community health workers (known as "grandmothers") sit on wooden park "Friendship Benches" set up at primary health care clinics or safe community spaces and provide structure problem solving talk therapy to community members who come looking for mental health support or are referred by nurses or other community members.The programme was founded by Dixon Chibanda in 2006, and was developed over a 20 year period of community based research to bridge the mental health treatment gap. Friendship Bench offers what has been seen as an effective, simple, cost-effective option to provide evidence-based mental health care in under-resourced settings.

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Friendship bench

   A friendship bench is a special place in a school playground where a child can go when they want someone to talk to. Friendship benches may be distinctively different from other seating in the school and may be specially designed by an artist or with the help of the children themselves. Such benches are situated in open and well-travelled areas of the school so that any child using the bench will be noticed quickly. When a child feels the need for a friend to talk to, he or she can show this by using the friendship bench. Other children and staff will recognise this as a sign that some help, support or comfort is needed and will come to talk with the child. The friendship bench is a means by which a child can seek support without the need to rationalise their feelings or to seek-out a particular member of staff or special friend. Because the bench is in the day-to-day environment of the school it can be used at any time and for any reason—from seemingly trivial matters to more serious concerns—and encourages children to ask for help when they are troubled.

How to pronounce friendship bench?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say friendship bench in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of friendship bench in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of friendship bench in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Friendship_Bench
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_Bench
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=friendship bench