A Justification For Implementation Of The Program

Resilience relates to one’s ability to overcome adversity, and successfully accomplish positive outcomes regardless of life episodes or circumstances. The perception of resilience heavily impacts and influences humanity as a result of early life experiences, social economic statuses and quality of life. The experience of being exposed to prior difficulties can promote benefits in the long term, as a result of constructing and building a greater tendency for resilience when dealing with future stressful situations.

Depression is “a psychoneurotic or psychotic disorder marked especially by sadness, inactivity, difficulty in thinking and concentration, a significant increase or decrease in appetite and time spent sleeping, feelings of dejection and hopelessness, and sometimes suicidal tendancies”. (Merriam-Webster, unknown). It is important to understand the effects of depression amongst young people, as it is a large problem in Australia. Depression effects on in sixteen Australians aged 16-24 (BeyondBlue, unknown), and the largest killer of the Australian youth is suicide (BeyondBlue, unknown). Depression can be broken down into smaller sections, and they are; the way it effects young people, the prevalence of depression, the consequences it brings upon

Resilience is about how an individual deals, resists, recovers and learns from adversity’s in life. If a child is resilient they are less likely to be damaged as a result of negative experiences and are more likely to learn from and move on. In order for a child to be resilient they need to believe in themselves and have others they can rely on in their lives.

For some people the strong word resilience can impact one’s life in a significant way. Overall, resiliency is having the ability to still enjoy and continue your life with positive, good times, regardless of a hard past or bad experience. It can be shown in various ways throughout a text, including the setting, the plot, and characterization. This is how the texts, The Other Wes Moore, The Art of Resilience, and The Third and Final Continent share their common theme. This theme the three texts convey is that resiliency is vital for a positive as well as successful life.

Reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls can help build a student’s resilience especially if that student is in a tough moment in his or her life. The Glass Castle shows that Jeannette the main character suffered from a life she now looks back on and did not like. Her life turned upside down after living alone in a house that was falling apart and she had no food to sustain herself, she moves to New York with her sister Lori, in the hope of finding a better life. There is going to be motivation based on being consistent in a daily task that students would be faced with. Being invested in their education can help students become hard workers to build up their resilience. Having a desire to achieve the goal that the students has set for themselves.

Resilience is defined as, “the ability to become strong, healthy, or successful again after something bad happens” (Merriam Webster par 1). Resilience is shown when people use their strength when dealing with adversity. When people are experiencing negative circumstances resilience may lead to positive outcomes (PBS Par 1).

Young adults aged 15 to 24 are the most likely to experience mood disorders or substance abuse problems, and suicide is among the leading cause of death in 15 to 24-year-old Canadians. (Canadian Medical Association, 2008)

In addition, The Second Step program is designed to decrease aggressive behaviours and increase empathetic social behaviour. Unique to this program is that it affects all individuals within the school context even those who are not considered as at-risk (Frey, Nolen, Van & Hirchstein, 2004). To this extent, universal implementation can strengthen resilience of at-risk students without stigmatizing them. The intervention introduces three different units presented through situations, which include empathy training, impulse control and problem solving and anger management strategies (Frey, et al., 2004). This prevention program can be used in preschools and care programs in order to reduce aggression among students at an early age. Another resilience

Recent research has shown that young people face a varying number of challenges during maturation. Pearce, Cross, Monks, Waters and Falconer (2011) found that common stressors and anxieties for young people are related to relational issues (e.g., family, romantic), scholastic obligations (e.g., study), self-esteem (e.g., body image), emotional wellbeing, and bullying. As such, the mental wellbeing of young people is becoming a serious national issue. Annually, on average 27% of young people aged from 16 to 24 are experiencing some form of mental illness or mental health problems (Slade, Johnston, Oakley Browne, Andrews, & Whiteford,

Young people have to work through a broad range of issues as they move from childhood to adulthood. They may have to deal with changes to their bodies and their feelings and they may be thinking about having their first relationship or having sex. Young people may also be exploring their identities in terms of their sexuality or gender identity. They may want more independence from their families, and their friends may play a more important part in their lives. Some may also want to experiment with alcohol and other drugs. Although growing up can be an exciting time, it can also be confusing and challenging. Research shows confident young people who feel supported by their families and friends are more likely to safely negotiate issues like

Resilience is the epitome of overcoming the unexpected and achieving one’s goals no matter what may stand in your way.In the story “Through The Tunnel” by Doris Lessing, the author reveals that when one perseveres, they can meet their goals and overcome adversity. She says “One, Two, Three. He counted steadily. He could hear the movement of blood in his chest. Fifty-one, Fifty-two...His chest was hurting. He let go of the rock and went up into the air...On the day before they left, He would do it. He would do it if it killed him, he said defiantly to himself.” When the boy says he

Resilience can be learned as exemplified by the Penn Resiliency Program (PRP) that teaches kids how to develop an optimistic mindset and use better problem solving strategies (M. E. Seligman, 2007). Another program, the Bounce Back program, offers wider skills learning and guides students in developing interpersonal skills (making friends, resolving conflicts), self-regulation skills (dealing with strong emotions, setting goals) among others (McGrath, 2000).

The purpose of this report was to find evidence of how adolescents between the ages of 13 -19 and young adults between 20 -24 cope living with mental illness and the impact it can have on their day to day living. The author’s background information discovered that The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated that more than 20% of young people suffer from some form of mental illness, with approximately half of all mental health illness beginning to appear by the mid teen ages, and another three-fourths by their mid 20’s.

Adolescence is a stage of maturation between childhood and adulthood that denotes the period from the beginning of puberty to maturity. However, many conflicting opinions are raised about weather such a stage of childhood is influenced by stress, depression, and suicide rate. Some people support the optimistic view that says that adolescence is not a period of storm and stress. Others, including me, support an opposite pessimistic view which characterizes adolescence as a period of stress and inner turmoil. Unfortunately, it has been recently proved that depression is a growing problem in today 's society and a major contributing factor for a multitude of adolescent problems. This is because , as research indicates, adolescent depression

At the start of Term 1, the end of Semester 1 and the end of Semester 2, students were given and completed a questionnaire regarding self-regulation. Additionally, teachers were also given a completed a questionnaire specific to taking part and implementing a self-regulation and resilience program.