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Positive Living Skills Primary School Wellbeing program

PLS Learning Solutions Australasia Pty Ltd trading as Positive Living Skills

The Positive Living Skills wellbeing program teaches mental health and wellbeing by combining evidence-based, curriculum-aligned learning experiences and resources for a primary school setting.

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

Pricing: Paid

Origin: Developed in Australia for Australian schooling contexts

Affiliations: Approved elsewhere: Be You, NSW, SA

Product type: Program; Posters; Student activities; Activity sheets; Professional learning; Whole school approach or initiative; Learning modules; Class lesson plans

Contact details

PLS Learning Solutions Australasia Pty Ltd trading as Positive Living Skills
ABN: 69 161 740 870

https://www.positivelivingskills.com.au/

team@positivelivingskills.com.au

Focus areas

  • Positive relationships

  • Belonging and inclusion

  • Mental health literacy and life skills

  • Self-regulation and engagement

  • Resilience and optimism

  • Self-esteem and body image

Curriculum alignment

  • Health and PE

  • English

  • Language

  • The Arts

Prospective users

Audience: Whole school universal (Tier 1), Whole class universal (Tier 1)

Context: School or centre-based

Main beneficiaries: Foundation/Prep, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Delivery style: Classroom teacher is trained

Aims & approach

Positive Living Skills offers 216 individually resourced and curriculum-mapped learning experiences. It covers 12 concepts to support students, their educators and their families.

The whole of school program introduces a comprehensive pool of scripted yet flexible learning experiences with matching resources, organised within 12 concepts: feelings, focus, relaxation, cooperation and self-esteem, for reception to Year 6, and appreciation, communication, choice, solutions, self-leadership, goal-setting and potential for Years 3 to 6.

Implementation support

  • Ongoing helpdesk, email or phone support

Evidence

The Positive Living Skills wellbeing program is based on CASEL's Theoretical Framework, Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, distributed practice, growth mindset, locus of control theory and CBT. Evaluations report teachers' and children's positive experiences with the program.

Fordham. L. (2019). Promoting children's social and emotional wellbeing: An evaluation of a trial of the Positive Living Skills Primary School Wellbeing Program. Charles Sturt University.

Fordham. L, Murray. L. (2020). Promoting children's social and emotional wellbeing: Evaluation of the Positive Living Skills Primary School Wellbeing Program in a New South Wales regional school. Charles Sturt University and Macquarie University.