Resilience Tips and Blogs
Starting Early – Resilience Skills for Young Learners
The early years are the perfect time to lay the foundation for lifelong resilience. Our Dusty and Friends program uses engaging characters like Dusty, Bella,
How Sport Shapes Stronger, More Resilient Minds
Sport is more than competition—it’s a platform for learning grit, teamwork, and adaptability. Whether it’s through our partnerships with the Dragons or Sharks, we’ve seen
Building Resilience in the Classroom – Aligning with the HPE Syllabus
Resilience is not just a personal trait—it’s a skill that can be taught, nurtured, and embedded into the education system. At School for Life, our
The World is Rapidly Changing
ARE OUR CHILDREN READY FOR IT?
It’s our mission to help this generation navigate the stressors of today and learn how to live well in this rapidly changing world. We will do this by partnering with schools, clubs, and communities committed to nurturing children from K-2 through our resilience program. We bring children, parents, caregivers, and community leaders onto the same page, strengthening communication and modeling resilience-based attributes via a combination of resilience theory, controlled exposure and using our evidence-based resilience books (Dusty and Friends Series).
THE NEED TO KNOW
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
What Do We Do
We develop resilience attributes in children early! Resilience is essentially an outcome that occurs from empowering individuals with the coping strategies to face and overcome adversities with short- and long-term optimistic outcomes. To facilitate resilience building in children, it is essential to develop cognitive coping strategies that assist with the development of the prefrontal cortex. This is the area of the brain that houses resilience-based attributes.
What Is Resilience
Resilience is defined as the individual’s ability to cope, adapt and perhaps even eventually thrive having faced or encountered adversity. Resilience isn’t necessarily something we automatically have, but rather it’s developed through challenging experiences or better still, controlled exposure to adversity and facilitated by developing the pre-frontal cortex. We use Dusty & Friends along with the Rainbow resilience tree, to conceptualise resilience in child friendly and engaging manner.