1. 6th European Conference in Positive Psychology
Moscow 2012
Positive Psychology Goes to School
‘helping young people be
resilient’
Professor Toni Noble
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Education, ACU
Email: toni@bounceback.com.au
Website: www.bounceback.com.au
Today increasing numbers of young people are struggling through life with
emotional and social needs that challenge schools and welfare agencies and
adversely affect their learning. This workshop refers to Bounce Back! An Award-
winning Wellbeing & Resilience Program published by Pearson Education. Bounce
Back offers practical and engaging classroom resources to help children and
young people function well at school and in life.
Skills to enhance Student Wellbeing & Resilience
Bounce Back Features
Classroom Resources for each level with a Teacher’s Handbook in one
volume. The three levels are for Lower primary (5-7 years), Middle Primary (8-
10 years) and Upper Primary-Junior Secondary (11-14 years).

2. Nine curriculum units on student resilience:
1. Core Values: Developing positive and pro-social values
2. People Bouncing Back: Developing strategies for coping and bouncing back
3. Courage: Finding courage in both everyday life and difficult circumstances
4. Look on Bright Side:Optimistic thinking and looking on the bright side
5. Emotions: Amplifying positive emotions and managing negative emotions
6. Relationships: Making & keeping friends, conflict resolution
7. No Bullying: Skills for countering bullying
8. Humour: using humour as tool for coping and connecting
9. Success: Skills and attitudes for being successful
Each curriculum unit uses Circle Time activities based on Key Points, supported
by extensive resources including good children’s literature and follow-up activities
including strategies for cooperative learning and thinking skills.
Bounce Back units easily ‘tap into’ coursework that teachers are already
delivering. It is particularly well-suited to English, Social Studies, Health and
Pastoral Care. Bounce Back is very teacher-friendly. Teachers need no special
training to deliver Bounce Back.
The Teacher’s Handbook explores the theory, rationale and new research
directions in social-emotional learning and positive education; cognitive behaviour
theory and outlines teaching strategies for program delivery.
Free online component with over 170 IWB activities and games; extensive
resource lists featuring current literature, songs, websites and movies; new
information for teachers to give to parents; an additional curriculum unit and
more than 200 worksheets and assessment tools.
Community Awards
Silver Medal for a Community Based Project in Scotland
The Bounce Back program was awarded a Silver Medal in 2010 for the Perth and
Kinross Council Awards for a community-based project.
See www.bounceback.com.au for the Report on Bounce Back in 16 Schools in
Perth and Kinross
Best Teacher Resource 2011 awarded by the Australian Educational Publishers
Association
Community Psychology Award by Australian Psychological Society
Awarded the Robin Winkler Award by APS for an applied community psychology
program in 2003.
Most popular social and emotional learning program chosen by KidsMatter
Schools in Australia (an Australian Government Health Promoting Schools
Initiative).
Chosen in 2010 for Schools in Bushfire-affected Regions by Victorian
Department of Education
ORDER FROM Order from Pearson Europe: elt@pearson.com. Phone: 08453136666
Bounce Back! Years K-2 ISBN-978 1 4425 3462 9
Bounce Back! Years 3 & 4 ISBN-978 1 4425 3463 6

3. Bounce Back! Years 5-8 ISBN-978 1 4425 3464 3