Developing Children’s Resilience: Approaches from Positive Psychology

Overview
Nurturing children’s resilience is now more vital than ever, as children face increasing challenges to their mental health. We need to equip children with the skills they need to flourish and thrive, despite these many difficulties and obstacles.

The field of Positive Psychology, which is the science of well-being, can offer us many approaches and ideas for nurturing children’s resilience, through a combination of support and skills.

Learning Outcomes
That participants will:

1. Gain a deeper awareness of the challenges to the mental health of children & young people
2. Gain an understanding of the concept of resilience
3. Gain an understanding of the protective factors involved in the development of resilience in children.
4. Explore several practical, evidence-based resilience skills that can be utilised with children.

Bio
Fiona Forman is an author, speaker, facilitator, and trainer in the area of well-being and Positive Psychology in education and parenting.

Fiona holds an M. Sc. in Applied Positive Psychology, the science of well-being, from the University of East London. Having spent many years as a teacher, she is passionate about placing well-being at the heart of school and family life, and she has seen first-hand the many benefits this brings to both young people and adults alike. She is the co-author of Weaving Well-Being, an SPHE programme for children which is now widely used in Ireland, as well as being the author of Welcome to Well-Being, Wired for Well-Being, and Tools to Thrive.

Fiona is also the mother of 2 young adults, which has deepened her awareness of the importance of equipping our children with the support and skills they need to thrive and flourish, despite the challenges of life.

Her parenting book, BRAVER THAN YOU BELIEVE: A Parent’s Guide to Building Children’s Resilience using Positive Psychology Skills, has recently been released.