1. Parent Presentation 15/02/16
Bounce Back
Parent Presentation
15/02/16

2. Introduction
Is a preventative whole school social and emotional learning program.
Promotes positive mental health and wellbeing.
Focuses on classroom strategies and activities that teach students positive social and emotional life skills
Develops types of learning environments and teacher-student relationships that foster wellbeing and resilience.

3. Bounce back Is: A whole school program.
Delivered by teachers and integrated with academic learning.
Universal. (all students)
Multi-year and long term.
Multi-strategic approach. (Peer to peer learning, Hattie)
Delivered early to a child’s learning.
Cognitive behavioural approaches link

4. Core Features Is long term, multi-year, whole school program.
Universal program. Consolidation for small groups.
Taught by a teacher who will have a close relationship with the child.
Multi-strategic approach. Promotion of positive behaviour and the reduction of anti-social behaviour.
Social and emotional knowledge, skills and concepts are integrated with academic content.
Predominately drawn from cognitive behaviour approaches.

5. Supported by Evidence-informed psychological principles.
Psychological principles of cognitive behaviour therapy. (CBT)Originally developed by Aaron Beck.
That is; how you think is how you feel, in turn, how you behave.
Also Albert Ellis’ Rational Emotive therapy and Martin Seligman’s Learned Optimism.
Kid’s Matter research.

6. Positive Psychology Approach
Focus on psychological and educational intervention.
Support for engagement and positive emotions.
Building of individual strengths.
Intentional development of social and emotional skills that contribute to positive relationships, resilience, and overall wellbeing.

7. Core Units Core values People bouncing back Courage
Looking on the bright side
Emotions
Relationships
Humour
No Bullying
Success

8. Core values Honesty Fairness Responsibility Support Cooperation
Acceptance of differences
Respect
Friendliness
Page 6 notes handbook

9. People bouncing back
Learning coping skills so that we are more likely to respond effectively and adaptively to challenges and to times of adversity.
Acronym for Bounce back
Page 7 of handbook

10. No Bullying
Understand terms, bullying, cyberbullying and cyber harassment.
Understand what asking for support, acting responsibly to support
Skills for confidence and assertiveness
Responding and adapting to being bullied or put down
Understanding and managing negative peer pressure
Discouraging bullying and offering bystander support
Link between bullying and historical incidents

11. Lessons so far… K-2 Honesty No cheating Being fair Being responsible
Caring about and supporting others-showing kindness*
Years 3/4
Cheating
Being tactful
What is Fair
Social justice
Years 5/6
Fairness and responsibility