Wellbeing

Resilience Project - Connected Parenting Webinar

Recording available 

Please see the letter that Geenah Loughran sent out last week with the link to the 'The Connected Parenting webinar which was held on Monday 12th May.  

Monash University Evaluation: The importance of a long-term approach to student wellbeing

Thanks to an independent evaluation by Monash University, it's now clearer than ever that a long-term, whole-school approach makes a meaningful and lasting difference to mental health and wellbeing. 

GEM CHAT

A GEM Chat consists of 2-5 minute activities/conversations that you can have individually or as a whole family, at different points throughout the day (whenever works best for you). Each newsletter will provide a different chat prompt. Please see below this week's chat: 

The Imperfects Podcast 

Hugh’s ADHD…brief

It’s the episode we’ve all been waiting for – a peek inside Hugh’s brain.

After our episode with psychologist and ADHD expert Janelle Booker - and a reboot of his algorithm that Hugh related to on a spiritual level - Hugh began to wonder whether his time-blindness, reject sensitivity and inability to focus on things he wasn’t interested in, could be explained by ADHD.

Turns out, yeah. Hugh pretty much definitely has ADHD.

Exploring Hugh’s lived experience, Ryan and Josh chat through how Hugh has reconciled his incredible frustrations into acknowledgment and celebration for his strengths.

This episode is a snippet from an A Little More Imperfects Patreon episode: a place where we publish fortnightly bonus episode, early access to tickets and talk to our community about upcoming guests, bonus content and what they want to see more of.

PBIS 

Our PBIS Blitz for Week 4 and 5 is 'Bounce Back, Be Resilient

What does it mean to be Resilient? 

Resilient people are aware of situations, their own emotional reactions, and the behavior of those around them. ... Another characteristic of resilience is the understanding that life is full of challenges. While we cannot avoid many of these problems, we can remain open, flexible, and willing to adapt to change. 

Being resilient and being able to bounce back means that when things go wrong, resilience is what helps you to cope and get through hard times. Sometimes it makes you even stronger than you were before. We can be resilient by: 

• Bouncing back after difficult times 
• Dealing with challenges and still holding your head up 
• Giving things a go or trying your best 
• Being strong on the inside 
• Being able to cope with what life throws at you and shrug it off 
• Standing up for yourself