Enhancing Resilience 2 links to Interpersonal Development

Stressful self-talk

Looking under the surface – feelings, personal stress - pages 28–29

What is self-talk? - pages 29–30

Picture it - Draw a picture/symbol to express feelings - page 30

Stress under the surface (worksheet) - page 31

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

Level 5 Working In Teams

At Level 5 students accept responsibility as a team member and support other members to share information, explore ideas of others, and work cooperatively to achieve a shared purpose within a realistic time frame. They reflect on individual and team outcomes an act to improve their own and the team’s performance.

Level 6 Working In Teams

At Level 6 students work collaboratively, negotiate roles and delegate tasks. Working with the strengths of a team they achieve agreed goals within set time frames. Students respect and build on ideas and opinions of team members, reflect on the effectiveness of learning in a team and develop strategies for improvement.

Mope, hope or cope

Identifying coping strategies - pages 33–34

Coping collections – helpful? - pages 34–35

Bunch of fives – designing useful strategies - page 36

Cope cards (templates) - pages 37–45

Bunches of fives (worksheet) - page 46

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

Getting help

Getting help – uses What if...? scenarios - pages 47–48

Support networks – actual contacts - page 48

Help card – designing & producing wallet cards - page 48

What if scenarios (handout) - scenarios - page 49

Support network (worksheet) - page 50

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

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) – writing useful conversation starters - page 56

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

The experts speak

The experts speak - Chat show 'How the modern teenager copes with the stresses of modern life' - pages 60–61

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

Group support

Smarties relay - pages 67–68

Sample questions - Discuss support, encouragement, cheating - page 68

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

Trust

Blindfold walk - pages 69–70

Sample questions - Discuss trust - page 71

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

Protective layers

Costume race - pages 77–78

Sample questions - page 78

Getting attention, reaching goals, protection from negative thoughts, protection from put-downs, building protective layers around self

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

Supportive structures

Five ways to lift - group cooperation exercise to lift a peer - page 79

Designing social support - page 80

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

Goal setting

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

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

Difficult decisions

SharkMeat role-play - pages 84–85

Processing questions for players - page 85

Sample questions - page 86

SharkMeat cards (templates) - page 87

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

Interaction mixing games

Communicate and participate – uses ‘find someone who…’ worksheet - page 59

Sample questions - page 60

Change – identity – belonging jigsaw - page 60

Find someone who... (record sheet) - page 61

Friendship and belonging cartoons (templates) - pages 62–66

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.