PATH Pals is a child-centered puppet program created for elementary-aged children. Through engaging stories and friendly characters, the program helps children talk about feelings, learn simple safety skills, and understand how to reach out to trusted adults when things feel overwhelming. The content is developmentally appropriate and focuses on hope, connection, and support.

Inspired by the great Fred Rodgers, PATH Pals aims to make mental health mentionable and managable!

The PATH Pals program offers multiple live touring performances that teach children of a wide age range about mental health, healthy coping skills, and the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Below are the current PATH Pal shows offered.

For more information, or to request a performance, please email us at PATHPALS@pathcrisis.org!

Safety Planning

Highlighted Topics: anxiety, crisis, 988, coping skills, safety planning,

self-harm, trusted adults, asking for help

Runtime: 30min

Grade Level: 1-5

Synopsis: The PATH Pals are putting on a Talent Show! Each Pal struggles with worries and big emotions leading up to their performances. Ollie experiences a crisis. The friends learn about the coping skills that they can utilize when they feel their big emotions, how to create a Safety Plan for situations when we feel unsafe or in crisis, and how to ask a trusted adult for help.

Being a Helper

Highlighted Topics: anger, coping skills, asking for help, friendship, friend support, crisis

Runtime: 30min

Grade Level: 1-5

Synopsis: The PATH Pals are searching for props in a prop closet for an upcoming show! Gloorbo feels excluded from his friends, and is increasingly frustrated. The Pals help Gloorbo try coping skills, but nothing seems to work! The Pals learn that not all coping skills work for everyone, and when the right time to ask for help is.