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ASA Authentic Strengths Advantage

WunderTraining

The Authentic Strengths Advantage (ASA) Resilience Teen/Youth program is designed to equip educators with tools to teach resilience and strengths coaching to young people.

  • ACT
  • NSW
  • NT
  • QLD
  • SA
  • Tas
  • Vic
  • WA

Pricing: Paid

Origin: Developed elsewhere and adapted for Australian schools, Developed elsewhere but applicable for Australian schools

Product type: Program; An App; Student activities; Professional learning; Presentation by an expert or speaker ; Whole school approach or initiative; Educator wellbeing resources or services; Learning modules

Contact details

WunderTraining
ABN: 77 673 499 662

https://wundertraining.com.au/educator-asa-resilience-teenyouth/

jane@wundertraining.com.au

Focus areas

  • Positive relationships

  • Belonging and inclusion

  • Mental health literacy and life skills

  • Self-regulation and engagement

  • Resilience and optimism

Curriculum alignment

  • Health and PE

  • Humanities and Social Science

Prospective users

Audience: Whole school universal (Tier 1), Whole class universal (Tier 1), Targeted small group early intervention (Tier 2)

Context: School or centre-based, Home-schooling

Main beneficiaries: Year 8, Year 9, Year 10, Year 11, Year 12

Delivery style: Classroom teacher is trained; Delivered by program staff; Student, self-directed

Aims & approach

The ASA Resilience Teen/Youth program is designed to equip educators with tools to teach resilience and strengths-based coaching to students in Year 8-12. The student workshops are taught in 12 modules or spread out over an entire school semester, and focuses on:

  • Resilience Building: Provides strategies to help teens develop resilience in various aspects of life.
  • Strengths Coaching: Teaches methods to identify and cultivate individual strengths among youth.
  • Practical Application: Emphasises real-world application of resilience and strengths in personal and social contexts.

Wundertraining work with various public and private schools nationally for staff PD and student programs. Wundertraining certify staff to run the program in-house.

Certified School Champion 2-day professional development is available for training School Leaders, School Counsellors and Wellbeing Coordinators, Teachers, Educational Support Staff to run the program at their own school.

Implementation support

  • Access to professional facilitator, instructor or mentor
  • Ongoing helpdesk, email or phone support

Evidence

The program is designed by Fatima Doman, author of the Authentic Strengths book and the Global trainer for VIA Strengths Certification. The program is endorsed by Dr Neal Meyerson Founder of VIA Institute on Character Catholic Education South Australia. It is informed by evidence from research on the value of character strengths in various contexts. Full, detailed information about this evidence base is provided in the Facilitator Guide. The program is also supported by positive experiences shared in testimonials from participants, which can be found here.