Course Title / Resilience
Course Info / Coping Session 4
Learning Outcomes / For participants:-
1.  Lean on others when necessary
2.  Fostering their interests
3.  Calming down and self-soothing
4.  Solving problems
Resources / Inspirational quotes, paper and pens, Oreos
Time / Objectives / Tutor Activity (teaching method) / Learners Activity / Method of checking learning / Resources
5 mins / Introductions
And introducing today’s topic. / Verbal – Explanation of session, breaks, ground rules etc. / Active Listening to gain understanding of boundaries and expectations.
5 mins / Ice Breaker
Aim of ice breaker: Encouraging members of the group to get to know each other, work together and to be comfortable to discuss feelings. / Agony Aunt Pair-up: say something that you or a friend may need advice on and ask your agony Aunt, then swap. / Communication and working as part of a team. / Participation in the activity.
10 mins / Exercise one
inspirational Quote / Come up with your own inspirational Quote in small groups / Contribute to discussion around inspirational quotes and the process around this / Group come up with their own meaning quotes -each group to have own quotes at the end. / Paper and pens
10 mins / Exercise two:
Mind Map / Mind map any ideas you have of what it is in your life that makes your day a happy day, then note down the people who help to make your day happy.
-Exercise
-Friends
-Bath
-Music
-Family
-Dance
-Sing / Identify positive things that happen throughout the day / Participation in the exercise.
Group discussions. / Pen and paper
10 mins / Personal Shield / Draw your own shield, split it into four sections and then using your mind map exercise draw the four most prominent factors onto it. / Making your ideas take shape and become more real / Your shield will be full and have your ideas as pictures / Pens and paper
10 mins / Writing in journal / Write in your journal 3 things that you have found out about yourself or the world around you from today’s session / Reflective thinking / Journals
10 mins / Mindfulness Exercise / Give hand-outs- Oreo Cookies, Give each student a few cookies and have them take the time to mindfully eat them. / Oreos