Annette Bulling
MindMatters
South Australia Coordinator
Annette.bulling@pai.edu.au
Principals Australia Institute is a not-for-profit, incorporated
body representing the four peak Australian principals
associations, representing secondary and primary
Government, Catholic and Independent education sectors.
Principals Australia Institute exists to support principals and their
associations to build effective, inspirational and sustainable
leadership in Australian schools.
Supporting children to re-experience
relationships differently is the
key to trauma recovery and change.
Making Space for Learning, Australian Childhood Foundation, 2010
StaffMatters Key Messages
1. Work is important for mental health and wellbeing
2. Student and staff mental health and wellbeing
are connected
3. Staff have a responsibility to participate in
construction of their own and the school’s
mental health and wellbeing
4. Schools can positively affect staff mental health
5. Sites have a responsibility to enable staff
participation and support staff mental health
Relationships with community
Participation
Marketing
Informal
connection
Belonging
Inclusion
*
The nature of
our work
Work role
Satisfaction
Performance
Knowledge
Systems, structures, policies
Beliefs
Values
Language
World views
Empathy Continuum
Empathy
Erosion
Empathy
Presence
Low
Behaviour:
Cruelty
Empathy
Explosion
High
Behaviour:
Kindness
Behaviour:
Intrusive
MindMatters Reachout Webinar, 2012
Positive Psychology
Positive Emotion
Engagement
Relationships
Meaning & Purpose
Accomplishment
Martin Seligman, Flourishing, 2010
1.Gratitude
2.Social connection
3.Living in the present
4.Committing to your goals
5.Taking care of your body and your
soul
Sonja Lyubomirsky : The How of Happiness, a practical guide to getting the Life you want.
2007
StaffMatters Journal
• Organise thoughts and
feelings
• Identify triggers
• Recognise helpful and
unhelpful patterns of
behaviour
• Monitor physical and
emotional health
Health and Wellbeing at Work
Model
*
Interpersonal coping strategies
Debriefing
Agreed protocols to talk through a difficult situation
Mentoring
Working with and learning from a more experienced
individual
Individual Education Plan Support Team
Collaborative practice to share information and seek
ideas, acknowledgement and support
Health and Wellbeing at Work Model
*
Csikszentmihalyi 2002