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by Madhavi Nawana Parker (Author)
This fully updated second edition is a practical guide for parents, teachers and other professionals to create cultures of resilience and wellbeing in schools, homes and health care settings. Students will build lifelong competencies to improve their emotional regulation, empathy, persistence, problem solving, mindset, optimism, gratitude, kindness and values; improving their psychological readiness to bounce back from life's ups and downs.
Alongside new lesson plans that are even easier to follow and specific guidance on how to meet criteria on social emotional learning frameworks, the lively and engaging resources in this book include:
- Practical, photocopiable guide sheets and worksheets, also available as eResources via www.positivemindsaustralia.com.au
- Adaptable role plays and activities
- Solid research-based strategies
- A flexible framework that can be creatively implemented in classrooms, homes and health care settings
- Parent tips at the end of each chapter
This is a must-have handbook for anyone seeking to provide young people in their care with a strong foundation for life long social, emotional and learning outcomes.
Author Biography
Madhavi Nawana Parker is an Author, Public Speaker and Consultant in private practice, based in Australia. She has previously published with Routledge Educator Wellbeing: Practical Solutions to Reset, Recharge, and Recover (2020), What's the Buzz for Early Learners (2015), What's the Buzz for Primary Age Students (first edition, 2011; second edition 2020), What's the Buzz for Teenagers (2020) with Mark Le Messurier, and The Confident Minds Curriculum (2020) and The Resilience and Wellbeing Toolbox (first edition, 2016). She is the Director of Positive Minds Australia www.positivemindsaustralia.com.au.
