Resilience Revisted
The skills from Year 7 are back but this time, the stakes are higher. Students revisit optimistic thinking, WoBbLe, and the ABC model with more depth and complexity, adding assertive communication and empathy to their toolkit. Resilience isn't a one-off lesson and here we're revisiting it and exploring it further.
Lessons
6 lessons in this module.
Revisit the Skills of Resilience
Recap of the five resilience skills (Harnessing Emotions, Noticing Gremlins, Reframing, Moving On, WoBbLe) with a focus on when and how to apply them in real-life situations.
Optimistic Thinking
Explores pessimistic thinking patterns and how to replace them with flexible, realistic alternatives using the ABC model and Optimistic Alternatives Worksheet.
WoBbLe Review
Reinforces the WoBbLe skill (Worst/Best/Most Likely case) to tame Catastrophising Gremlin Beliefs. Covers when WoBbLe is appropriate and introduces emergency response skills (999, recovery position).
Assertive Communication
Introduces the four communication styles and a four-step Assertive Communication Technique. Students practise in pairs using real-life activating event scenarios.
Moving On Skill
Introduces Confirmation Bias and how brains filter information to confirm existing beliefs. Students practise selecting the right resilience skill for different everyday situations.
Empathy and Resilience Planning
Final lesson focusing on empathy vs sympathy, resilience mind-mapping, and consolidating all five resilience skills. Students create personal resilience plans.