Date
April 19, 2021
Time
12:00am
Key concepts covered in the session:
- What resilience is, why it is important, and that resilience is a skill we can learn
- The need for a growth-mindset
- Exploring catastrophising and other thinking errors
- The science of how our brain (including the amygdala) responds to stress (age appropriate)
- The need to delay gratification
- The importance of perseverance in achieving our goals
- How community is a big protective factor (including friendships and older people for advice)
- The need to focus upon what we can control and not on what we can’t control
- How gratitude can change our attitude
- Encouraging students to take initiative, have empathy for others, think optimistically and set realistic goals
- Presenting strategies that enable conflict-resolution and communication skills
- Promoting the importance of values that inform our actions
Student Incursion Details:
- Each session includes a variety of games, interactive activities, multi-media, etc. to maximise impact and student learning.
- We provide follow-up material for teachers to extend the learning outcomes.
- We also offer parent informations sessions
