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Building PERMA to achieve positive results for girlsDr Julie Townsend Headmistress and Mrs Victoria Rennie Deputy Headmistress
Why positive psychology in schools ?
• Fights anxiety and depression• Increases well being• Builds resilience:
–Self-awareness–Self-regulation–Optimism–Mental agility–Strengths of character–Connection
Major components of well being-Seligman’s PERMA model
Positive emotion
Engagement
Relationships
Meaning and
purpose
Accomplishment
Developing our programs
• Martin Seligman, Flourish. Focus on developing PERMA
• John Hattie, Visible Learning
• Carol Dweck, Mindsets. Focus on growth and fixed mindsets
• Angela Lee Duckworth: The Key to Success? Grit (TED talk 2013)
Our Four Key Areas Of Focus
BUILDING POSITIVE
EMOTIONSDeveloping an
understanding of gratitude; focusing
on positive experiences.; Hunt
the Good Stuff Journals
BUILDING MENTAL TOUGHNESS
Skills that are critical for
resilient thinking, and for
understanding thoughts,
emotions and behaviours of
others
BUILDING ACADEMIC TENANCITY
Developing and fostering a growth
mindset; significance of grit
and determination; understanding neuroplasticity
BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS
Skills to strengthen
relationships: discussing problems
assertively, praising
effectively and responding
constructively
Building positive emotions
Research shows:Negative emotion: When people experience stress, they show increased heart rate, higher blood sugar, immunosuppression, and other adaptations optimized for immediate action. If individuals do not regulate these changes once the stress is past, they can lead to illness, such as coronary disease, and heightened mortality.
Positive emotion: Longitudinal studies show that positive emotions play a role in the development of long-term resources such as psychological resilience and flourishing.
Fredrickson, B. L. (2003). The value of positive emotions. American Scientist, 91, 330-335.
How do we teach this ?
Hunt the good stuff journals
Recording three good things each day. Next to each positive event that is listed, write a reflection of at least one sentence about:
Why this good thing happened. What this good thing means to you. What you can do tomorrow to enable more of this good thing. What ways you or others contribute to this good thing.
Building mental toughness
“Mental Toughness is all about improving your mind so that it’s always on your side; not sometimes helping you nor working against you as we all know it’s quite capable of doing.“
Dr Jim Loehr, Human Performance Institute
Building mental toughness
ATC (Activating thought consequence) ModelMethod to identify thoughts about an event, and the consequences of those thoughts. Bring thoughts under control. Avoid thinking traps (TTs)TTs are patterns in thinking that stop a person seeing a situation accurately. Avoiding TTs can help avoid counterproductive patterns in thinking.Detect icebergsDetect Icebergs is used to identify and evaluate core beliefs or values that drive out-of-proportion emotions or reactions. Problem solvingDeveloping the ability to know and understand their thoughts, emotions and the behaviors of themselves and others.
Mental toughness skills
• self-awareness• Self-efficacy• Flexible and accurate thinking• Optimism wed to reality• Connectedness• Problem-solving as a process
Don’t let your thoughts trap you
An example of how we teach the skills
Jumping to conclusions
Mind reading
Me, me, me
Them, them, them
Always, always , always
Everything, everything, everything
Common thinking traps
How to avoid thinking traps
Building academic tenacity
Positive Psychology and Academic Tenacity
• Belong academically and socially
• See school as relevant to their future
• Work hard and can postpone immediate pleasures
• Not derailed by intellectual or social difficulties
• Seek out challenges
• Remain engaged over the long haul
Growth Mindset and Academic Tenacity
How can students establish a growth mindset?
• Learn, learn, learn - It’s more important to learn than get good marks, focus on learning and improving and the marks will come.
• Realise hard work is the key - Putting a lot of work and effort into learning and working hard is the key, seek challenges, focus on strategies, effort, struggle and persistence despite setbacks.
• Use feedback- Capitalise on mistakes, confront deficiencies, reflect on different strategies that work and don’t work, focus on improving.
Academic Tenacity
How can teachers develop growth mindsets?• Challenge students with high
performance standards - promotes growth mindset and learning goals
• Provide cognitive and motivational support to help students reach those standards (promotes self-regulation)
• Praise students for their effort or for the strategy they used – this promotes growth mindset and fosters resilience (whereas praising ability teaches fixed mindset)
• Build a sense of belonging. Make students feel connected and supported – develop a sense of fellowship with peers and teachers
Building strong relationships
Biblical studies and chapel: Every person precious; formed in the image of God
House System: bonds girls through events and competitions
Service Education: service work in our local and global community
PDHPE: teaches personal and social development
Active Constructive Responding
Presentation Name | Presenter Name
“I got a promotion at work!”…
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Active Constructive
‘That’s great; I’m so proud of you. What happened? What did your boss say? Let’s celebrate!”
Eye contact; smiling; touching; laughingPassive Constructive
“Great. Well done”
Little active emotional expression
Active Destructive
“That sounds like a lot more work. You’ll never be at home. You probably won’t enjoy it”.
Negative emotions; frowning;
Passive Destructive
“Oh. What’s for dinner?”
Little eye contact; little emotional expression
Building strong relationships
Teaching the girls skills to strengthen their relationships through communication.Learning how to:• Discuss problems assertively• Praise effectively• Respond constructively to positive experiences• Value friendships• Work to strengthen relationships
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