Bounce Back: resiliency workshops

Mental Health

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We provide primary and secondary student wellbeing workshops that are engaging, fun and educational on topics such as anti-bullying, resilience, leadership, cyber-safety, drug education and much more.

Bouncing Back – learning to be resilient (for primary & secondary schools)

Equips students with coping strategies to deal with the various challenges they experience, both big and small. The workshop aims to provide practical tools that can encourage a growth mindset, skills to problem-solve, have gratitude, seek help where necessary and be proactive in helping others.

Key Concepts Covered:

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

Workshop Details:

Suitable for primary and secondary school students
Sessions are interactive and involve a variety of activities, discussion and multi-media to engage and educate
We offer a range of options from a single session to several sessions for the same or different groups
Tailored to suit your school's specific needs, timetable and budget
Delivered by qualified and experienced teachers
Each session is aligned to the Australian Curriculum
Follow-up material is provided for teachers
Parent workshop is also offered if requested

Teacher Feedback:

"It was really effective! Students loved being involved and learnt so much – thank you!." Teacher, Coogee Primary School
"Students loved it! Lots of fun and engaging. Students learnt practical and important lessons - all schools should have this!" Teacher, Sydenham Catholic College
"Very engaging and interactive – the students really enjoyed it and were engaged the whole time." Teacher, Lauriston Grammar School

Who we are:

Interactive Incursions - We provide primary and secondary student workshops that are engaging, fun and educational on topics such as bullying, resilience, leadership, cyber safety, drug education and much more. We also offer topics for:

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