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Resilience Builders
YEARS 9 & 10
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Little childrens emotions are very simple, such as glad, mad, sad. For your age group,
emotions are more complex (more than one emotion happening). For example, you
may be very excited about what you are doing but scared of what might go wrong.
From the List of Emotions B select five pairs of emotions which often happen together
and the situations involved. Which Habits of Mind are best to use to do this?
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Describe four sets of three emotions which grow in intensity, for example,
edgy, agitated, frantic. What self-calming strategies do you or could you
use to slow your emotions becoming more intense? Which Habits of
Mind are best to use to do this?
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Behaving ethically means that you consider if what you do is fair to others,
safe, legal, makes you feel ok afterwards and it the right thing to do for you.
Describe a time you behaved ethically. Which Habits of Mind are best to use
to do this?
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Positive or optimistic
thinking is when you look
for what is and could go
right with what you are
looking at. Describe three
situations when you have
seen others or yourself
think like this. Which
Habits of Mind are best
to use to do this?
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Negative or pessimist thinking is when you look for what is and could go
wrong with what you are looking at. Describe three situations when you
have seen others or yourself think like this. Which Habits of Mind are best
to use to do this?
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There are three parts to using assertive language. 1. When ... Say
your concern 2. I feel ... Say your emotion 3. So ... Say what you
would like to happen. With a friend describe three examples of
assertive language you can use. Which Habits of Mind are best to
use to do this?
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With two friends investigate each of the websites below to identify what areas you can seek help from them should
you need it. Which Habits of Mind are best to use to do this?
headspace: www.headspace.org.au
eheadspace: www.eheadspace.org.au
ReachOut: au.reachout.com
Youth beyondblue: www.youthbeyondblue.com
Kids Helpline: www.kidshelpline.com.au
Bully Stoppers: www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/bullystoppers/Pages/students.aspx
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EXTENSION RESILIENCE BUILDERS
The following Resilience Builders are designed to help you use all of the things you have learnt to overcome ten different
situations and events.
For each resilience builder describe:
Three emotions you could experience and what emotions they could intensify to.
The three most suitable Character Strengths you could use to help you and why.
Two things you could do to show empathy for the needs and feelings of others involved.
Two examples of positive self-talk you could use and describe a strategy to solve the problem.
Two examples of assertive language you could use and two strategies you could use to calm yourself down.
Two people you could ask for help and what you would say.
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You have been applying for part-time jobs for the last three months with no luck and are starting to feel sorry for yourself.
Then two employers contact you on the same day each offering you a job. What do you do?
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Billy has been going out with his girlfriend for six months and a few of his mates tell him that she has been with another
boy at school. What are Billys needs, wants and feelings and what can his friends do to show empathy?
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Your parents drive you and a friend to a party, where you promised them there was no alcohol. When they come to pick
you and your friend up from the party to take you home your friend is really drunk.
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One of your friends received an A for an assignment which you really worked hard on and only received a C. Her older
sister did the same assignment five years ago and your friend just copied it.
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Your younger brother in Year 7 is a negative thinker always seems to look for what is wrong in everything he looks at
and what can go wrong with it. He also blames other people when he finds himself in difficult situations. What strategies
could you use to assist him to become an optimistic thinker and who could you seek help from to achieve this?
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Zane is really finding it difficult to get started on an assignment which is due in at the end of the week because he is on
Facebook for hours every night. He changes screens when his parents visit his room. Instead of asking his teacher for
help he pretends he is going okay.
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A number of Years 9 and 10 boys are pushing younger students around and making life at school really difficult for them.
You dont think this is fair, but if you speak up against them there could be a fight and you dont want to get into trouble.
What do you do to solve the problem?
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One of your friends tells her home life is violent and she is scared for her safety. She is becoming more and more
depressed about whats happening and told you she is having suicidal thoughts. How can you show empathy and who
should you assist her to seek help from?
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Ella is an excellent athlete and spends much of her spare time training for the upcoming State titles. She hasnt gone to
any parties or social gathering for months. Her friends dont understand the demands on her and their teasing in person,
texting and posts on Facebook are approaching bullying. What can she do?
10. It has been really hot weather and your friendship group has been going to each others homes for a swim nearly every
night. Harry and Lily are the only ones who never get into the pool in their swimming gear and always wear T-shirts and
baggy pants when they do. Harry and Lily arent happy with their body image. What strategies and people could help
them and what could you do to show empathy.
Acknowledgement and thanks to Youth Research Centre, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne: Building Resilience: Social &
Emotional Learning Materials