Proforma – Self-esteem and Resilience
Definition of Self-esteem:
Self-esteem is what a child thinks of themselves and how they feel about their self-image and their ideal self. In order for children to develop positive self-esteem they need to feel that they are valued and this will help them feel good about themselves.
Definition of Resilience:
Resilience is defined as the ability to recover from setbacks, adapt well to change, and keep going in the face of adversity. Children will face a lot of things in their lives and resilience is an important skill to have. Being resilient ensures that no matter what a child will face they will be able to pick themselves up and carry on.
Activity to promote resilience in children and young people: …show more content…
Children will always push boundaries we need to manage those risks without taking away their independence. At first we teach them, then give them a little bit of independence and then some more until they are empowered and can make their own choices. For example if you were teaching children about road safety and crossing the road safely firstly you would show them how to cross the road safely by holding their hand and explaining about looking both ways and for cars coming. Once you felt they understood this you would move on to crossing the road without holding on to them, then crossing with supervision and eventually allowing them to cross alone. As well as teaching them to cross the road you would teach them about safe crossing places and The Green Cross Code.
It is important to teach children to protect themselves and stay safe. Activities that promote self-esteem self- confidence and assertiveness can help children to gain a sense of control about what happens to them and helps them to feel that they talk to somebody when they feel something is wrong.
Discuss the importance of helping CYP to develop strategies to protect themselves and make decisions about …show more content…
They need the knowledge and the know how to help protect and safeguard themselves. They need to know about strangers and how some are not nice people, you don’t need them to be fearful of everyone that they come into contact with. Just explain that most people care and protect children but there are some adults who try to take and hurt children. Reinforce that this should never happen to them. Quite often children need things set out in a routine. .
Here are a few strategies to help children to protect themselves;
• Speaking to and reinforcing about dangers posed by some adults and help them minimise the risk example underneath for older children.
• Speaking to and reinforcing how to behave with higher risk activities such as outdoor activities (e.g. road safety green cross code or younger children always hold an adults hand when crossing the road).
• Older children talk to them about substance abuse, the effects that they have on young people.
• Provide discussions or one-to-one conversations about sex and relationships (including sexually transmitted diseases, such as HIV, chlamydia, herpes or
Definition of Self-esteem:
Self-esteem is what a child thinks of themselves and how they feel about their self-image and their ideal self. In order for children to develop positive self-esteem they need to feel that they are valued and this will help them feel good about themselves.
Definition of Resilience:
Resilience is defined as the ability to recover from setbacks, adapt well to change, and keep going in the face of adversity. Children will face a lot of things in their lives and resilience is an important skill to have. Being resilient ensures that no matter what a child will face they will be able to pick themselves up and carry on.
Activity to promote resilience in children and young people: …show more content…
Children will always push boundaries we need to manage those risks without taking away their independence. At first we teach them, then give them a little bit of independence and then some more until they are empowered and can make their own choices. For example if you were teaching children about road safety and crossing the road safely firstly you would show them how to cross the road safely by holding their hand and explaining about looking both ways and for cars coming. Once you felt they understood this you would move on to crossing the road without holding on to them, then crossing with supervision and eventually allowing them to cross alone. As well as teaching them to cross the road you would teach them about safe crossing places and The Green Cross Code.
It is important to teach children to protect themselves and stay safe. Activities that promote self-esteem self- confidence and assertiveness can help children to gain a sense of control about what happens to them and helps them to feel that they talk to somebody when they feel something is wrong.
Discuss the importance of helping CYP to develop strategies to protect themselves and make decisions about …show more content…
They need the knowledge and the know how to help protect and safeguard themselves. They need to know about strangers and how some are not nice people, you don’t need them to be fearful of everyone that they come into contact with. Just explain that most people care and protect children but there are some adults who try to take and hurt children. Reinforce that this should never happen to them. Quite often children need things set out in a routine. .
Here are a few strategies to help children to protect themselves;
• Speaking to and reinforcing about dangers posed by some adults and help them minimise the risk example underneath for older children.
• Speaking to and reinforcing how to behave with higher risk activities such as outdoor activities (e.g. road safety green cross code or younger children always hold an adults hand when crossing the road).
• Older children talk to them about substance abuse, the effects that they have on young people.
• Provide discussions or one-to-one conversations about sex and relationships (including sexually transmitted diseases, such as HIV, chlamydia, herpes or