Positive psychology focuses on building strengths and developing creative and positive thinking in order to boost happiness, well-being and achievement. It helps people to be motivated, maintain positive mental health, and to flourish in all areas of their lives. This resource is a fully-formed positive psychology programme designed to promote happiness, resilience and motivation in young people aged 11-18. It introduces the theory and research behind positive psychology, and includes a guidance section for facilitators on how to deliver the programme. The programme itself is made up of 24 chapters which reflect each of the 24 ‘character strengths’ identified by Martin Seligman, the founder of positive psychology. These strengths include creative thinking, kindness, fairness, leadership, forgiveness, and teamwork. Activities teach students how to develop these strengths and skills in order to initiate positive change in their lives. This resource provides teachers, counsellors, psychologists, social workers and others working with young people with a complete programme to promote well-being in young people and help them flourish in their lives.
Fantastic resource! I love this book. I develop strengths-based well-being programs for schools in South Africa, and this will be a wonderful source of tools and ideas for the middle and upper grades. The first section provides a solid but succinct review of positive psychology and the link between strengths and flourishing; the second section reviews each of the 24 VIA character strengths and offers four tools for teaching those strengths to children, along with notes for the facilitator. A must-have for any…