Wellbeing & Inclusion 

at Willy

Help-Seeking and Delegating

Help-Seeking

This term, our Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships program focuses on help-seeking across all year levels. Help-seeking behaviours are fundamental to young people's mental health and wellbeing. However, students may face several barriers when seeking help, including embarrassment, shame, fear of worsening the situation, concern about potential consequences, lack of confidence in approaching adults, anxiety about not being believed, and limited knowledge about available support pathways.

Our program works with students to identify situations that warrant adult assistance, increases awareness of help-seeking avenues, and builds confidence to persist in seeking appropriate support when needed.

Delegating

Delegating is a key concept we have been exploring through our Stand Up Project upstander lessons. This strategy is particularly important when young people don't feel safe or comfortable intervening directly in the moment inappropriate behaviour occurs. Delegating is closely connected to help-seeking, as both require similar skills: approaching a trusted adult for assistance and understanding the techniques and potential barriers involved.

We are pleased with how the Stand Up Project aligns with both the Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships program and our Willy Kids program, creating a cohesive approach to student wellbeing.

Student Leaders

Two of our Stand Up Project Student Leaders have shared an update about their work:

Last term, the SUP leaders went into the year 3/4 classrooms, and taught them about being an upstander. This was a three lesson program that lasted three weeks, with one lesson every Monday. The 3/4 cohort learned about the difference between an upstander and a bystander, how to be an upstander, and about the 4 D’s. The 4 D’s consist of 4 words, direct, distract, delay and delegate,and they learnt that each had a different meaning. We even had a fun poster session at the end, and we have a few posters from the session.

Overall, the SUP leaders had a lot of fun teaching the 3/4 students. It was a great experience for all of us, and we wish to do it again!

By Jack and Alice 

Kind regards,

Lisa Leydin                                                                 Anna Swan

Assistant Principal                                                   Learning Specialist

Disability, Inclusion & Wellbeing                        Disability and Inclusion & Mental Health and                                                                                       Wellbeing (Mon-Thur)