Building knowledge and awareness for socioemotional wellbeing
Core Component
Building knowledge and awareness for socioemotional wellbeing focuses on structured or unstructured learning and development activities that underpin the other core components. Many of the behavioural change, mindfulness, self-regulation, cognitive planning and reappraisal, and prosocial skill-building activities are enhanced by an introductory learning session that focuses on the underlying theory or logic that inform these program components and their effectiveness for fostering socioemotional wellbeing. It may involve learning about meta-cognition and the importance of understanding about interactions between behaviours, thoughts and emotions. It may also include learning about, and being able to critically consider, social norms.
Flexible activities include
- Learning and development activities to enable critical thinking
- Learning and development activities to enable meta-cognition and self-regulation
- Learning and development activities to address sexual and substance abuse risk
- Learning and development activities to promote healthy relationships
- Learning and development activities related to social norms
This core component and its flexible activities are able to be delivered in a number of ways. These include structured or unstructured learning, multimedia or social media platforms, interactive sessions, review sessions and through home-learning, homework and at-home practice.
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Last updated:
24 Nov 2022
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