Student Wellbeing
Student Wellbeing
Please click here to read some information in regards to the importance of ensuring students are at school in readiness to start their day when the school bell sounds.
Upcoming podcasts/workshops regarding Student Wellbeing
Tuning in to Teens - facilitated by Full Circle Psychologist Tracy Hart. This six-week series is designed to support parents and caregivers of 9 to 13 year olds and will be conducted at the Dome Pavilion, Deep Water Point (Mount Pleasant) March – April 2023.
Supporting Your Child in Secondary School Webinar
Supporting your child in Secondary School, Hosted online, Tue 21st Feb 2023, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm AEDT
The High School years can be filled with a mixture of trepidation, excitement, anxiety, and stress. We all want our young people to navigate this stage of their lives with support and resilience.
In this presentation, experienced secondary educator Sharon Witt will share her wealth of experience at the coal face of working with adolescents to bring the most up to date research and strategies including the following topics:
Managing change: timetables, new school, teachers, Homework, Navigating friendships, Managing their Health: sleep, exercise, nutrition Coping with stress, Keeping them safe on line.
Sharon Witt has been immersed in teen world for over three decades in her role as a secondary teacher, author and presenter to adolescents and their parents around the country. She is a regular media commentator on issues impacting young people, parenting and educational issues. She also writes for a number of publications. Sharon is the author of 18 books written for young people to help guide them through many of the issues they face in early years, including the best-selling Teen Talk and Girlwise and Wiseguys series
She is also the founder of the nationwide Resilient Kids Conference, a one-day conference aimed at equipping parents, educators and carers in building resilience in their children and teenagers.
Tickets can be accessed at the following website: https://events.humanitix.com/supporting-your-child-in-secondary-school
Tweens Webinar by Michelle Mitchell
Michelle discusses the research she gathered while writing her most recent Tweens book as well as practical tools to help you stay connected to your child as they grow. Michelle will chat about development, speaking the language of tweens, and things to do now that can change the trajectory of teenage years. You can purchase the webinar as a stand alone product, or gain access to it free when you purchase TWEENS before March 30th.
Tickets can be accessed at the following website: https://michellemitchell.org/tweens-webinar/
How to Manage School Anxiety – What Children and Teens Need From Us
An article written by Karen Young (Psychologist and creator of Hey Sigmund) summarising how we can support our children if they are experiencing anxiety about coming to school.
https://www.heysigmund.com/ow-to-manage-back-to-school-anxiety-what-children-and-teens-need-from-us/