Enhancing Resilience 2 links to English

Making meaning 

What do we mean by stress? - page 23

Stress spotters - page 24

Making stressburgers - metaphors for stress - page 25

Workbook activity - coping with stress - page 26

Visualisation of coping - page 26

Stress (handout) - page 27

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2. Writing and representing

3. Speaking and listening

4. Thinking

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Stressful self-talk 

Looking under the surface - pages 28-29

What is self-talk? - pages 29-30

Picture it - draw a picture to express feelings - page 30

Stress under the surface (worksheet) - page 31

Getting into your head - positive and negative self-talk (worksheet) - page 32

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2. Writing and representing

3. Speaking and listening

4. Thinking

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Mope, hope or cope 

Identifying coping strategies - pages 33-34

Coping collections - pages 34-35

Bunch of fives - designing useful coping strategies - page 36

Cope cards (templates) - pages 37-45

Bunches of fives (worksheet) - page 46

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2. Writing and representing

3. Speaking and listening

4. Thinking

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Getting help 

Getting help - pages 47-48

Support networks - page 48

Help card - page 48

What if scenarios (handout) - page 49

Support network (worksheet) - page 50

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2. Writing and representing

3. Speaking and listening

4. Thinking

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Getting it said 

Role-play explanation - pages 51-52

Persuading a friend to seek help - pages 52-53

Telling someone you need help - pages 53-54

Seeking help for a friend - pages 54-55

Talking heads (worksheet) - page 56

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2. Writing and representing

3. Speaking and listening

4. Thinking

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Is it the same for boys & girls? 

Is it the same for boys & girls? - page 57

Sample questions - page 58

Coping styles (handout) - page 59

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2. Writing and representing

3. Speaking and listening

4. Thinking

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The experts speak 

The experts speak - chat show “How the modern teenager copes with the stresses of modern life” - pages 60-61

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2. Writing and representing

3. Speaking and listening

4. Thinking

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Group support 

Smarties relay - pages 67-68

Sample questions to discuss support, encouragement and cheating - page 68

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3. Speaking and listening

4. Thinking

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Trust 

Blindfold walk - pages 69-70

Sample questions to discuss trust - page 71

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2. Writing and representing

3. Speaking and listening

4. Thinking

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Relaxation exercises 

Guided relaxation - page 72

Guided relaxation - pages 73-76

3. Speaking and listening

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Protective layers 

Costume race - paged 77-78

Getting attention, reaching goals, protection from negative thoughts and put downs, building protective layers around self sample questions - page 78

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2. Writing and representing

3. Speaking and listening

4. Thinking

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Supportive structures 

Five ways to lift a peer - page 79

Designing social support - page 80

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2. Writing and representing

3. Speaking and listening

4. Thinking

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Goal setting 

Hot-air goals - feelings about achieving/not achieving goals - pages 81-83

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2. Writing and representing

3. Speaking and listening

4. Thinking

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Difficult decisions 

SharkMeat role-play - pages 84-85

Processing questions for players - page 85

Sample questions - page 86

SharkMeat cards (templates) - page 87

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2. Writing and representing

3. Speaking and listening

4. Thinking

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Conflict maps 

Dealing with conflict - pages 88-90

Sample questions to deal with conflict - page 90

Conflict map (worksheet) - page 91

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2. Writing and representing

3. Speaking and listening

4. Thinking

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