Understanding the Academic Resilience Approach

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Target Audience: 

Learn about the Academic Resilience Approach and how schools can build resilience and cushion pupils, parents and staff from the worst effects of adversity. This workshop is aimed at anyone supporting children, young people and families in schools in Blackpool who are keen to understand how to build resilience in school communities. For example headteachers, governors, SENCOs, teachers and support staff. The impact of COVID-19 will also be discussed.   Ideally you would have attended the Introduction to Resilient Therapy course first, but it is not essential.

It is necessary to attend both sessions to complete the course

Date	Time	Registration	Venue	Course Code
8 & 9 Nov 2021	10am-12pm	9.45am	Online	ARA 11/21
3 & 4 Mar 2022	10am-12pm	9.45am	Online	ARA 03/22
20 & 21 Jun 2022	10am - 12pm	9.45am	Online	ARA 06/22

Aims:

This workshop offers an introduction to the Academic Resilience Approach and provides the opportunity to understand more about what resilience is and how school communities can build resilience and cushion people from the worst effects of adversity.

Objectives:

This workshop will give you greater understanding of the Academic Resilience Approach including: 

• Definitions of resilience, why they matter and what the resilience research tells us.
• Risk and protective factors and how to use these to spot children at risk earlier.
• A framework for building resilience with children, young people and families in a whole school community.
• An explanation of the Academic Resilience Approach and how it works with examples from schools actually using it.

• How to put into practice the Academic Resilience Approach that aims to turn resilience theory into practice for all to use.

To find out more about this course and using a resilience lens, visit www.boingboing.org.uk who developed the Resilience Framework adopted by Blackpool as part of the Resilience Revolution.

Please make a note of the course title, code and date - these are needed for the application form. You only need complete a form for the first date and you will automatically be registered to attend both sessions. 

If you are a parent / carer applying for the HeadStart courses, please simply state 'Parent / Carer' in the Cost Code box, and leave the line manager's section blank.

This course is free of charge to anybody who lives, works or volunteers in Blackpool.