Pathways to Resilience Trust http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org Pathways Friends Programs | Childrens Charity Foundation | Pathways Kids Charity | Build Resilience | Charity For Underprivileged | Resilience Programs | Paula Barrett - Brisbane Fri, 18 May 2012 07:01:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Stretching Yourself… http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/news-post-3/ http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/news-post-3/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:10:14 +0000 admin http://pathwaystrust.tschost.net/?p=801 S…T…R…E…T…C…H . . .
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An important part of resilience is being comfortable taking healthy, appropriate risks (things like taking a challenging class, making a new friend, or trying a new activity). When children take a healthy risk, they learn to stretch themselves and to use their skills and strengths to reach a goal or overcome a challenge. You can help children think about taking appropriate risks through this fun activity.
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Start by tracing the child’s body on a large piece of construction paper (or on paper bags cut open and taped together). Ask the child to lie on the paper with their arms outstretched as if they were reaching high, so the outline shows the child stretching. Next, work with the child to draw pictures, write words, or glue pictures from magazines inside the outline of themselves that capture a healthy risk they want to take and healthy risks they have already taken. For example, if the child would like to stretch themself by trying out for a part in the school play, you could draw a picture of the character or paste a photo from online.
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Fill in as many different ways the child wants to stretch themself as possible and then, whenever they accomplish one (for example, trying out for the play – even if they didn’t get the part) put a star next to it. For older kids, you can keep a list or create a scrapbook, rather than drawing the outline of their body. This is a great way to visualise and motivate personal growth.
]]> http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/news-post-3/feed/ 0 The Power of EXPECTATIONS http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/news-post-4/ http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/news-post-4/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:58 +0000 admin http://pathwaystrust.tschost.net/?p=1075

UNTETHERED

A child who has never been expected to succeed can be likened to an elephant tethered to a tent-peg. In traditional cultures, infant elephants were kept from running away by having their back foot chained to a large stake in the ground. The strength of the stake in the ground was so great that no matter how hard the elephant pulled, it could not release its foot from its snare.The keepers found that, eventually, the elephant stopped trying to get away.
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As a result, when the elephant grew into an adult, all that was needed to keep it in place was a thin piece of rope tied to a flimsy tent-peg. Realistically, a grown elephat should have no trouble snapping the rope or pulling up the peg.However, it was no longer the strength of the stake that held the elephant down, it was the strength of the expectation, formed through painful experience, that no amount of strain would release them from the trappings of their past.
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The expectations we place, implicitly and explicitly, on the children we work with are critically important.Rosenthal and Jacobsen’s (1968) Pygmalion in the Classroom study introduced the concept that teacher’s beliefs in the capacity of children affect their teaching practice and interactions. Teacher’s beliefs in each child’s ability created performance gaps between otherwise identical groups of children.
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Teachers generally base their expectations of any given student on the child’s past success in school. Other factors include socio-economic status, student appearance, type of school, student behaviour, and funnily enough, where students sit in the classroom. This belief in turn, defines how teachers interact with the children in question and leads to different academic outcomes. Teachers with low expectations of particular students will engage in behaviours such as insincere praise, less feedback, less eye contact and provide fewer opportunities for the child to answer questions.In psychology, this effect is called a self-fulfilling prophecy, a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, due to positive feedback between belief and behaviour.
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Having low expectations of children early in their academic career can lead down a spiralling path of low achievement, which leads to lower teacher expectations,once more, leading the child to an ingrained belief that they lack the capacity to achieve and succeed.They are incapacitated by what was once an ungrounded belief. This process needs to be curtailed, as a sense of control and mastery is a critical protective factor for child resilience. Children need to feel like they can make positive changes in their own life. For this to happen,we must challenge the stakes and chains we create in our own minds, and allow children to freely explore the realm of possibility untethered.   ]]> http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/news-post-4/feed/ 0 Support http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/support/ http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/support/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:03:39 +0000 admin http://pathwaystrust.tschost.net/?p=1298 Newsletters Bulletin Feb 2012

 

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]]> http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/support/feed/ 0 Online Training Information http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/online/ http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/online/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:09:03 +0000 admin http://pathwaystrust.tschost.net/?p=1248

DO YOU QUALIFY FOR FREE TRAINING

We are currently providing subsidised or free on-line professional development training in the “FRIENDS” program for teachers, health professionals and community members in eligible schools and communities.  If the community you represent is classed as:
  • RURAL
  • REMOTE
  • LOW SES
  • INDIGENOUS
  • DROUGHT / FLOOD AFFECTED
  • REGIONAL
then you most likely qualify for our full support. We have funding available to offer:
  • FREE Online Training,
  • FREE Facilitator Workbooks and
  • FREE Student Activity Books for the whole class/group.
Click HERE to learn more.
This is only possible through the generosity of the Talbot Family Foundation and Tim Fairfax Family Foundation

Overview of the Online Training Process

The Training Process goes like this:
Application
  • Complete Application Form
  • Ensure you receive your manuals prior to training date
Pre-Training
  • Watch two 13 minute videos on Risk and Protective Factors (below in Training Materials)
  • Read a short article about Social and Emotional Learning
  • Complete the Pre-training Research Questionnaires
  • These must be done before training begins
Training
  • Foundation Session – 1.5 hours
  • Program Session – Part 1 : 2 hours
  • Program Session – Part 2 : 2 hours
  • FRIENDS ‘Group Leaders’ Guide’ and ‘Training Workbook’ must be present for training
Post-Training
  • ‘Facilitator Accreditation and Confidentiality Form’ and ‘Training Evaluation Form’ returned
  • STEP Plan for implementation of the FRIENDS program completed and returned
  • Certificate will then be forwarded and workbooks can be ordered
Implementation
  • Let us know when you implement the program so that we can support you in this process
  • Use the Implementation Checklist
  • Provide us with feedback on the FRIENDS program
  • Read our NEWSLETTERS to stay up to date with the latest research, resources, assistance, etc.
 

Equipment

  • Working internet connection (obviously!)
  • Training is much easier if participants have a working microphone – a headset is even better
  • Please ensure you can enter the Blackboard training environment BEFORE the training day! – See Online Training Sessions (below) for further information.

Your Certificate is valid for three years

At the end of the three years you must undergo training again. This is for a few reasons:
  • The research on resilience is always advancing
  • The field of neuroscience is expected to have a marked increase in our understanding of what is going on physically in the brain. New understandings will help us focus on what works effectively and efficiently to change the brain for the better, and to ‘heal’ traumatised brains. This research will help improve the theories and refine the activities that build resilience in children and adults.
  • The impact of this new knowledge will flow into educational processes and systems. Hopefully social and emotional learning, linked with brain science, will move more strongly into schools and educational models.
  • We update our activity books periodically and with every edition we aim to stay at the cutting edge of what really works in building resilience and well-being.

Our Research Project

Our program is free at the moment due to the generosity of donors like the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and Talbot Family Foundation. To keep their support and draw others to us, we need to keep gathering evidence that the program works, so we would ask your school to support us in this. If your school has concerns about the research interfering with student’s or teacher’s well-being please talk to us about this, otherwise our research team will be in touch with you.
  • Being part of our research project is not mandatory but will assist us enormously.
  • Providing evidence that the FRIENDS program works is the only way organisations will provide us with the funds to provide free training and resources.

         
 

Training Calendar

   

Note:

FF = FUN FRIENDS (ages 4-7)

FFL = FRIENDS For LIFE (ages 8-12)

MF = MY FRIENDS (ages 12-16)

TO BECOME A CERTIFIED FRIENDS FACILITATOR YOU MUST COMPLETE:

  • THE FOUNDATIONS SESSION AND

  • PART I AND PART II OF WHICH EVER PROGRAM YOU ARE SEEKING FACILITATOR CERTIFICATION.

 

Essential Pre-Training Materials

  • Program Leaders Guide

  • Activity Book

  • Training Notebook – (downloadable HERE as a printable PDF)

There is a Leaders Guide and an Activity Book for each of the three programs. Copies of these books are sent to you upon acceptance of your registration. Make sure you have received these a few days before you are due to train. Let us know if you don’t receive them. Use the Training Notebook during your on-line training.

 Pre-Training Activities

Read This:
Watch This:
  • Dr Paula Barrett – on Risk and Protective Factors
  • Please watch the first two videos below on Dr Paula Barrett talking about Risk and Protective Factors

Post-Training Activites

 
 

Application Forms

   
 

Online Training – Blackboard Setup

On this page you can do two things:
  1. Set up your computer so it will work with Blackboard Collaborate
  2. Click on the link that will take you to your training session

Setting up for Blackboard Collaborate

We use Blackboard Collaborate to deliver our online training sessions. In order to make your training session a success there are a few things you need to do in the days before we train to make sure your computer settings allow you access to training session. Most of this only needs to be done once to set up your pc forever – so please make time to do this before the day of our training!  
Step 1: Check System Requirements
The following Blackboard web page will automatically provide a system check and let you know if:
  • your operating system is suitable – Green tick if OK
  • you have a supported version of Java – Green tick if OK
If either of these are not ok you will need to talk to your IT team. To check system requirements CLICK HERE Scrolling down this page will take you to the following:  
Step 2: Configure Your System
This is an important step! By clicking on the configuration room link, you will be taken into a Blackboard room where you can test your connection, settings, and configure your audio. This will also allow you to see if your (school) system will allow you to access Blackboard rooms. Please don’t underestimate the importance of checking this! We have had schools have to cancel trainings due to the schools settings not allowing access to Blackboard. If you can’t access this configuration room talk to your IT team and let us know.  
Step 3: Training Resources
Here you can:  
Step 4: View Blackboards Support Portal
Go here if you need further support. Make sure you let us know if you are having any issues with accessing Blackboard.  
 

Online Training – Links to Training Sessions

To join your chosen session, please click the links below at least 15mins before the meeting is due to start. Tues 31 Jan – Foundations Wed 1 February – Foundations Thurs 2 February – Foundations Tue 7 February – Fun Friends 1 Wed 8 February – Friends for Life 1 Thurs 9 February – My Friends 1 Tue 14 February – Fun Friends 2 Wed 15 February – Friends for Life 2 Thurs 16 February – My Friends 2 Tue 21 February – Foundations Wed 22 February – Catch Up Thurs 23 February – Catch Up Tue 28 February – Foundations Wed 29 February – Foundations Thurs 1 March – Foundations Tue 6 March – My Friends 1 Wed 7 March – Fun Friends 1 Thurs 8 March – Friends for Life 1 Tues 13 March – My Friends 2 Wed 14 March – Fun Friends 2 Thurs 15 March – Friends for Life 2 Tues 20 March – Catch Up Wed 21 March – Foundations Thurs 22 March – Catch Up Tue 17 April – Foundations Wed 18 April – Foundations Thurs 19 April – Foundations Tues 24 April – Catch Up Thurs 26 April – Catch Up Tues 1 May – FFL 1 Wed 2 May – MF 1 Thurs 3 May – FF 1 Tues 8 May – FFL 2 Wed 9 May – MF 2 Thurs 10 May – FF 2 Tue 15 May – Catch Up Wed 16 May – Catch Up Thurs 17 May – Foundations Tues 22 May – FF 1 Wed 23 May – FFL 1 Thurs 24 May – MF 1 Tues 29 May – FF 2 Wed 30 May – FFL 2 Thurs 31 May – MF 2 Tues 5 June – Foundations Wed 6 June – Catch Up Thurs 7 June – Catch Up

 SEMESTER 2

Tue 10 July – Foundations Wed 11 July – Foundations Thurs 12 July – Foundations Tue 17 July – Fun Friends 1 Wed 18 July – Friends for Life 1 Thurs 19 July – My Friends 1 Tue 24 July – Fun Friends 2 Wed 25 July – Friends for Life 2 Thurs 26 July – My Friends 2 Tue 31 July – Catch-up Wed 1 August – Foundations Thurs 2 August – Foundations Tue 7 August – Friends for Life 1 Thurs 9 August – Fun Friends 1 Tue 14 August – Friends for Life 2 Thurs 16 August – Fun Friends 2 Tue 21 August – Catch-up Wed 22 August – Foundations Thurs 23 August – Foundations Tue 28 August – My Friends 1 Wed 29 August – Fun Friends 1 Thurs 30 August – Friends for Life 1 Tue 4 Sept – My Friends 2 Wed 5 Sept – Fun Friends 2 Thurs 6 Sept – Friends for Life 2 Tues 11 Sept – Fun Friends 1 Wed 12 Sept – Friends for Life 1 Thurs 13 Sept – My Friends 1 Tues 18 Sept – Fun Friends 2 Wed 19 Sept – Friends for Life 2 Thurs 20 Sept – My Friends 2 Tue 16 Oct – Foundations Wed 17 Oct – Foundations Thur 18 Oct – Foundations Tue 23 Oct – Friends for Life 1 Wed 24 Oct – My Friends 1 Thur 25 Oct – Fun Friends 1 Tue 30 Oct – Friends for Life 2 Wed 31 Oct – My Friends 2 Thur 1 Nov – Fun Friends 2  

Support

Go HERE for SUPPORT MATERIALS and LINKS
]]> http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/online/feed/ 0 Face to Face http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/face-to-face/ http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/face-to-face/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:05:13 +0000 admin http://pathwaystrust.tschost.net/?p=1243

THE FRIENDS PROGRAMS

Attendance at a one-day FRIENDS Group Training Workshop is required to run the program in a school or health setting. The Pathways to Resilience Trust provides training in the following programs in the format of an interactive training workshop.  

TRAINING TIMES

  • The training takes place over one full day (approx. 9:00am – 3:30pm)

OUTCOME

  • All participants become certified facilitators of the program(s) in which they are trained (recertification required every three years).

WHO CAN TRAIN

  • Teachers, guidance officers, chaplains, teacher aides, parents, and any professionals working with children or youth are welcome to attend. These workshops are conducted regularly in each Australian capital city or on-line.

IN-SERVICE

  • Your school or organisation can arrange to have a school-based in-service where a qualified trainer will come to you. Phone to make enquiries.

Regional and remote areas in Queensland may be provided with on-line workshop training free of charge.

Call our office to see if your school/organisation qualifies!!!

]]> http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/face-to-face/feed/ 0 Our Patron http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/our-patron/ http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/our-patron/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 02:00:28 +0000 admin http://pathwaystrust.tschost.net/?p=916 Professor Paula Barrett Paula Barrett B.Sc (Hons), M.Clin.Psych., MAPS, PhD  School of Education, the University of Queensland Founder, Pathways Health and Research Centre Patron, the Pathways to Resilience Trust

Professor Paula Barrett pictured with the Queensland Premier, the Honourable Anna Bligh, MP, at the Australian of the Year Award, Queensland, 2008.

  Professor Paula Barrett is internationally recognised as a prominent scholar and groundbreaking researcher in the field of child psychology and has a distinguished international reputation as a keynote presenter. In 2008, Paula was announced as a finalist for the Australian of the Year Queensland Award, and a finalist for the Queenslander of the Year Award for her contribution to the well-being of children and to the community. Paula is director of the research-based clinic, Pathways Health and Research Centre, and she was recently announced as the 2008 Telstra Queensland Businesswoman of the year. In 1993 Paula authored the well-known FRIENDS for Life program. Since then Paula and her research team have continued to develop and evaluate the program. Most recently Paula has authored the Fun Friends program to aid in the prevention of anxiety and depression in 4 to 6 year olds. FRIENDS for Life has been recognised by the World Health Organisation for its substantive evidence base for the prevention and treatment of childhood and adolescent anxiety and depression. Internationally, the FRIENDS program has been used in Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, the UK, and the US. Paula was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship at the age of 16; a Commonwealth Scholarship in 1991 to complete her research Doctorate; the National Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy Early Career Award for her research and innovation in the field of clinical psychology in 1998; the National Australian Psychology Society Award for outstanding.]]> http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/our-patron/feed/ 0 Donate http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/pathways-donate/ http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/pathways-donate/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:39:08 +0000 admin http://pathwaystrust.tschost.net/?p=960
  • $15 purchases a book for a child to participate in the program
  • $250 can allow an individual child the chance to take part in a specialised 12-week program
  • $360 trains a teacher from a school or Early Childhood Centre to facilitate the program
  • $500 will allow a school-based prevention program to be run in one school
  • $3000 can allow us to touch a remote Australian community!
    •   To adopt a school please contact us on Ph. 07 38445844 or info@pathwaystoresilience.org as cost will vary dependent upon adopting a class, year level or entire school.]]>     http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/pathways-donate/feed/ 0     Donate in Memory of Loved ones http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/donate-in-memory-of-loved-ones/ http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/donate-in-memory-of-loved-ones/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:38:46 +0000 admin http://pathwaystrust.tschost.net/?p=958 How to inform funeral guests to donate to the Pathways to Resilience Trust in lieu of flowers? Firstly, may we offer our sincere condolences if you are selecting this type of support. A gift in lieu of flowers at the funeral of a loved one or dear friend is a most rewarding way to honour their memory. By encouraging those who attend the service to donate, the life of child will be positively affected as they are afforded the opportunity to participate in an emotional resilience program in memory of your loved one. If you would like friends and mourners to make a donation to the pathways to Resilience Trust in lieu of flowers we suggest you include this request in your loved one’s death notice. You may consider the following wording:

    ‘Donations in lieu of flowers to The Pathways to Resilience Trust P.O Box 5699 West End Qld 4101.”

    For further information please contact The Executive Officer Anne Warwick directly on (07) 38445844. The nominated next of kin will receive a list of names of all In Memoriam donors.

    How to make an In Memory Gift?

    When someone close to you dies, a gift to the Pathways to Resilience Trust is a meaningful tribute to your loved one. It is also a way to express your commitment to the emotional wellbeing of the children and young people of Australia. When you make an In Memory donation to Pathways to Resilience Trust, a card will be forwarded to you to send to the bereaved family to acknowledge your gift. This card will enable you to record your words of condolence, and also let them know that you have made a gift to The Pathways to Resilience Trust to help reduce anxiety, depression and suicide in the community. All gifts donated will be gratefully acknowledged in the name of your loved one on our “In Memoriam Page”. If you wish to make a one-off In Memory gift, please complete the “In Memory” Form * and post or fax to the Trust. Alternatively phone and speak with Anne Warwick – Executive Officer on (07) 38445844.   Pathways to Resilience Trust PO Box 5699 West End 4101 Brisbane Qld]]>     http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/donate-in-memory-of-loved-ones/feed/ 0     Bequests http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/bequests/ http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/bequests/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:38:25 +0000 admin http://pathwaystrust.tschost.net/?p=956 Pathways to Resilience trust is an enduring way to help reduce the prevalence and impact of anxiety and depression in children and young people in the Australian community by giving them access to emotional resilience programs. Your bequest will most importantly enable us to reach more children, otherwise unable to access assistance, and teach them skills to empower them and improve their journey through life. Prior to making or modifying your Will we recommend you obtain independent legal advice.  This will help to ensure that the wording used accurately and validly records your wishes. However, if you wish to support Pathways to Resilience trust through a bequest, we have provided some information and suggested wording below.  

    How to make a bequest to Pathways to Resilience trust

    There are two ways of making a bequest under your Will: (a) by leaving a specific amount of money to Pathways to Resilience trust ; or (b) by leaving a share of your estate (in other words, a share of what is left of your estate after your family and other beneficiaries have been taken care of) to Pathways to Resilience trust. Suggested wording A clause in your Will to leave a bequest to The Pathways to Resilience Trust can be written as follows - “I give to Pathways to Resilience Trust ACN 093 865 840 for its general purposes the sum of $[insert the relevant amount], free from all duties, deductions and charges. The receipt of an authorised officer for the time being of Pathways to Resilience Trust shall constitute a full and sufficient discharge of my executor’s duties.” OR “I direct that [insert percentage]% of my residuary estate be given to Pathways to Resilience Trust ABN 758 9582 3879 for its general purposes. The receipt of an authorised officer for the time being of Pathways to Resilience Trust shall constitute a full and sufficient discharge of my executor’s duties.” If you already have a Will, then all you need to do is add a codicil – a short legal amendment to your existing Will. Please contact us if you would like to discuss this further. Anne Warwick – Executive Officer (07) 38445844]]>     http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/bequests/feed/ 0     Business Partnerships http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/business-partnerships/ http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/business-partnerships/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:38:08 +0000 admin http://pathwaystrust.tschost.net/?p=954 The Pathways to Resilience Trust, or for specific events and activities. To meet your Corporate Social Responsibility and Community Investment objectives, there are a number of ways you can support us, including: 1. Volunteering the time and expertise of your staff 2. Contributing prizes or in-kind support for fundraising events 3. Hosting a fundraising event with proceeds donated to The Pathways to Resilience Trust To discuss corporate support and sponsorship, please contact Anne Warwick on: 07 3844 5844 or info@pathwaystoresilience.org]]> http://www.pathwaystoresilience.org/business-partnerships/feed/ 0