Mindfulness and Meditation: The evidence for a whole-school approach Mindful Meditation Australia (MMA)
Mindfulness and meditation have become the new wellness fashions in Australian education, but why? We all know of a student who struggles with…
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The Rite of Passage Framework. Dr Arne Rubinstein PS17
Arne Rubenstein SLIDES PS17
Building positive schools. By Matt Esterman PS17
Matt Esterman SLIDES PS17
Why Honesty Matters. By Dr Helen Street PS17
Helen Street SLIDES PS17
THE RECOGNITION & MANAGEMENT OF ADOLESCENT SLEEP DEPRIVATION IN THE CLASSROOM SETTING Dr Chris Seton
Sleep, nutrition & exercise are the 3 pillars of good health in adolescence. When these are optimal, teenagers are protected from multiple physical &…
‘From one ‘N’ to many – understanding more about self and family as a way to wellbeing Leonie Abbott Berry Street Childhood Institute
When it comes to positive education, how often do you practice what you learn within your own context to fully feel and understand what…
Building Cohesion with Context and Concrete by Dr Helen Street
Whenever I have friends to dinner, especially those who don’t know me very well, I tidy up before they arrive. It sometimes seems ironic…
Time for a Break by Dr Helen Street
There was much talk, and indeed much trying out, of brain breaks at the Australian Positive Schools conference series this year. I talked about…
A Surprisingly Easy Way To Control Your Anger By Sandip Roy
Anger is an issue we all wish we could learn to deal with — in ourselves and in others. The destructive reactions we come up with…
IMPROVING STUDENT PERFORMANCE WITH GROWTH MINDSETS by Luke McKenna
“In a fixed mindset students believe their basic abilities, their intelligence, their talents, are just fixed traits. They have a certain amount and that’s…