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Resource
Heartmasters
Heartmasters is a flexible resource that can also compliment other interventions. It provides schools with a way to build resilience and emotional intelligence in students by utilising a number of activities.
Heart Masters is based on Australian research and can be viewed as more of a resource than a program. It provides schools with a way to build resilience and emotional intelligence in students by utilising a number of activities to engage and instruct students whilst promoting resilience and well-being. It is a flexible resource that can also compliment other interventions.
Target:
Age Group: All ages
All students in the age group.
Availability:
Nationwide (VIC, SA, QLD, NT, NSW, WA)
Required Materials:
Manuals
Training Required:
Training is available but it is not required - contact program providers for more information
Cost:
Manuals cost $55 (including GST)
Duration:
Ongoing
Facilitators:
Teachers, counsellors/psychologists. It can also be used in peer teaching situations with support from teachers.
Evidence of Effectiveness:
Not available at this time. The program is based on well-established theories of behavioural change including social learning theory and a cognitive/rational approach.
Contact Details:
PO Box 32
Queenscliff
Victoria 3225
Phone: (03) 9589 7671
Fax: (03) 5258 3512
mailto:sales@inyahead.com.au
Website: http://www.inyahead.com.au/
Related Articles:
http://www.inyahead.com.au/Research/ResearchDocs/EvaluationHandout.pdf
Fuller, A. Programs that Promote Resilience in Communities at key developmental stages: http://www.andrewfuller.com.au/research/resPrimer.pdf
Fuller, A., McGraw, K. and Goodyear, M. (2002) Bungy Jumping Through Life: A Developmental Framework for the Promotion of Resilience. In Rowling, l., Martin, G., and Walker, L. Mental Health and Young People: Concepts and Practice. McGraw-Hill Australia.
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This program has been trialled in the following demonstration schools: Berengarra School
Coombabah State High School, Gold Coast
Fremont-Elizabeth City High School, Elizabeth
Girrawheen Senior High School
Lavalla Catholic College, Latrobe Valley
Melba High School, Canberra
Mill Park Secondary College, Mill Park
Open Access College, Adelaide
St Mary's College, Dalby
St Michael's Collegiate School, Hobart
Taminmin High School, NT
Trinity Bay State High School, Cairns, Qld
Walcha Central School, Walcha
Whitefriars College |
What Staff and Students say about this Program:
Bungy Jumping Through Life
Fuller, A., McGraw, K. and Goodyear, M. (2002) Bungy Jumping Through Life: A Developmental Framework for the Promotion of Resilience. In Rowling, l., Martin, G., and Walker, L. Mental Health and Young People: Concepts and Practice. McGraw-Hill Australia.
Heart Masters at year eight.
Three Year 8 students, Charmaine, Elouise & James, conducted a brief review of the Heart Masters program from the students' perspective. This is what they had to say.
Incorporating Heart Masters into a k-6 resilience program at St Michael’s Collegiate.
Over the past four years we have been constantly revising and adapting the program to suit the ever changing needs of the students and school. Students enjoy the activities and incorporating it with art helps for better transference of the message they are trying to learn.
Kim's feedback on Heart Masters.
"The Heart Masters is a brilliant resource that can be implemented in numerous settings. I believe that this adaptability is by far the programs greatest strength."
Observations on MindMatters Plus and its impact on St. Paul’s campus of Lavalla Catholic College.
Lavalla began its commitment to MindMatters as a curriculum resource to strengthen mental health for all students in 2002. In 2003, recognising a gap in service to those students with higher support needs it registered an interest in MindMatters Plus.
Programs that Promote Resilience in Communities
Programs that Promote Resilience in Communities at key developmental stages, by A. Fuller.
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