Save The Date
Booking Conditions
No applications for this program will be accepted after all vacancies have been filled. Unsuccessful applicants will have their monies refunded in full. Cancellation prior to two weeks before the program date (cut-off date) will incur a 15% service charge per applicant. This program will be payable in full for cancellations made on or after the cut-off date or for failure to attend the program. All cancellations must be in writing and emailed to us. In the event of insufficient applications this program will not proceed and registration monies be fully refunded. In the event of this program being cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances registration monies only will be refunded as Critical Agendas will not accept liability for the payment of any other associated costs. Critical Agendas reserves the right to vary the advertised programs prior to commencement. Please note Critical Agendas reserves the right to transfer participants from face to face to webinar format with price adjustments (if required), should minimum numbers not be met for face to face event
Fearful, Worried and Scared to Try – Teaching Students with Anxiety
How the most anxious and vulnerable children can exceed expectations and thrive
Australia along with the rest of the world is facing an ever-increasing tide of anxiety, depression, and loneliness in more and more children at younger ages than ever before.
This fascinating workshop invites teachers to learn strategies based on ground-breaking research which shows how the most vulnerable of children can learn how to be the most resilient of adults.
Framed around Dr Thomas Boyce’s seminal book The Orchid & the Dandelion, Greg Mitchell details how six parenting practices can be used to guide schools into making students more resilient than you ever thought possible.
Those strategies are…
- Creating consistent routines
- Expressing love & care
- Recognising & honouring the goodness in human differences
- Accepting fear and affirming effort
- Treading the fine line between protection and provocation
- Embracing the power of play
Greg Mitchell survived a childhood surrounded by mental illness, fear and frailty to become someone who now delivers workshops throughout Australia to help schools become more accepting of mental ill health and much more responsive to the needs of both students’, parents and teachers own mental health.
In this workshop he eloquently lays out the roles that both schools and parents need to play in developing children who can thrive in a world of constant change and increasing threat.
This highly innovative workshop invites teachers to explore how we all can enable our children to become braver rather than less scared.
