Enhancing Resilience 2 links to The Arts

Making meaning

What do we mean by stress? - page 23

Visual art

• Design and visual documentation are used to develop images and objects from visual, verbal and tactile stimuli.

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

Visual art

• Design and visual documentation are used to develop images and objects from visual, verbal and tactile stimuli.

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

Visual art

• Design and visual documentation are used to develop images and objects from visual, verbal and tactile stimuli.

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

Visual art

• Design and visual documentation are used to develop images and objects from visual, verbal and tactile stimuli.

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

Visual art

• Design and visual documentation are used to develop images and objects from visual, verbal and tactile stimuli.

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

Visual art

• Design and visual documentation are used to develop images and objects from visual, verbal and tactile stimuli.

Protective layers

Costume race - pages 77-78

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

Visual art

• Design and visual documentation are used to develop images and objects from visual, verbal and tactile stimuli.

Supportive structures

Five ways to lift a peer - page 79

Designing social support - page 80

Visual art

• Design and visual documentation are used to develop images and objects from visual, verbal and tactile stimuli.

Goal setting

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

Visual art

• Design and visual documentation are used to develop images and objects from visual, verbal and tactile stimuli.

Difficult decisions

SharkMeat role-play - pages 84-85

Processing questions for players - page 85

Sample questions - page 86

SharkMeat cards (templates) - page 87

Drama

• Roles, characters and relationships are interpreted to define motivation and purpose, using specific vocal and physical techniques.
   

Conflict maps

Dealing with conflict - pages 88-90

Sample questions to deal with conflict - page 90

Conflict map (worksheet) - page 91

Visual art

• Design and visual documentation are used to develop images and objects from visual, verbal and tactile stimuli.