Guide to Thrive – Year 6-7 Transition Program
Practical, hands-on, Australian Curriculum aligned, strength-based lessons for teachers to implement with their students.
Resources
Information and advice from around the web
Supporting students mental health - Re-adjusting to living with COVID-19
In this webinar, psychologist Dr Lyn O'Grady draws upon national and international research about the impact of COVID-19 on students' mental health to explore what this might look like in a school setting.
Challenge, opportunity and personal strengths
Work with students to identify potential stressors and some sources of support or advice.
Wellbeing activities and conversation starters
A range of activities that will help build and maintain students’ wellbeing. Suitable for secondary school-aged children.
Cooperative learning thinking tool
Meeting the social and emotional needs of students is a challenge for schools, yet is essential for learning.
Trauma-informed Practice for Challenging Behaviours Webinar recording
Rebecca Harris' webinar recording of Trauma-informed Practice for Challenging Behaviours
Supporting children after a community trauma
This podcast explores the importance of addressing the psychosocial needs of children following a community trauma.
Trauma-informed practice in education
Explore the meaning of trauma-informed practice in a school context, along with some great practical resources.
Emerging Minds Trauma Toolkit
This toolkit provides a range of resources to help and suppport adults and children deal with a disaster or traumatic event.
Using stories and games in disaster recovery
Find resources for young children to help them cope with natural disasters.
Mindfulness Meditation Webinar Recording
Recording of Nicole Lee's webinar on Mindfulness Meditation
Mindfulness Meditation Webinar Notes
Handout notes to accompany Nicole Lee's webinar on mindfulness meditation
Doing What Matters in Times of Stress
An illustrated guide for coping with adversity from the World Health Organization.
Professional learning
The Student Wellbeing Hub provides many free online courses for teachers and educators. These courses are recommended for anyone wanting to learn more about building student resilience or managing your own wellbeing.
Educator
Building student resilience
Explore the latest research about resilience. Learn how school communities have responded to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other events. Plan strategies from the classroom to the whole school environment to sustain resilient attitudes and practices.
Choose from 3 modules
Certificate for completion of each module
Self-paced learning
Educator
Principal and teacher wellbeing
When educators have a strong sense of wellbeing they are more able to support the health and wellbeing of their colleagues and their students, and to deliver the best possible learning outcomes for all.
Choose from three free modules
Self-paced modules
Resources, references and links
Certificate of course completion
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Playground detectives
Students consider how safe their playground is and what they can do to ensure it is a safe place for all.
Olympics Unleashed - Encouraging students to be the best versions of themselves
In this webinar recording Dual Olympian 400m runner Steven Solomon talks about the Olympics Unleashed program and associated education programs.
Preventing bullying
Classroom anti-bullying tips.
Trauma: supporting your child in the days and weeks after
This web page provides strategies for working with children in a range of age groups following a traumatic event.
Donna Cross discusses support
Short video clip about the different reasons students may need support.
Using stories and games in disaster recovery
Find resources for young children to help them cope with natural disasters.