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Smiling Mind Feeling It Secondary School Program

Smiling Mind

The Smiling Mind 'Feeling it' program provides secondary students with skills and tips that promotes wellness and a positive mindset.

  • Online

Pricing: Free

Origin: Developed in Australia for Australian schooling contexts

Affiliations: National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards, Safer Technology 4 Schools accredited; Approved elsewhere: VIC

Product type: Program; Fact sheets; Online resources (e.g. videos, games, tools, readings); Activity sheets

Contact details

Smiling Mind
ABN: 26 161 428 459

https://www.smilingmind.com.au/secondary-school-program-feeling-it

info@smilingmind.com.au

Focus areas

  • Positive relationships

  • Belonging and inclusion

  • Mental health literacy and life skills

  • Self-regulation and engagement

  • Resilience and optimism

Curriculum alignment

Prospective users

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

Context: School or centre-based, E-schools

Main beneficiaries: Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10, Year 11, Year 12

Delivery style: Student, self-directed

Aims & approach

The 'Feeling it' program is a free web-series for students in years 7-10 or years 11-12. It includes a series of short videos, tip sheets, meditations and wellbeing activities, and a teacher fact sheet.

Young people in each episode share their experiences and tips on how students can look after themselves, be resilient and mindful, navigate uncertainty, and prepare for change.

The videos also provide strategies for managing negative emotions and discuss the importance of positive study and sleep habits for optimal learning and stress resilience.

Evidence

The program is informed by Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Theory (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Positive Psychology, Smiling Mind's Mental Fitness Framework, Neuropsychology, Self-Determination Theory.