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Increasing the Usefulness of Rising Tide

17/10/2016

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Feedback from the use of previous books in The Worry Bug series told us that skills will be more embedded if these exercises are used progressively, building on knowledge as it is learned. The classroom exercises have been designed to be done in the last 20-30 minutes of the day, although they build on each other and can be completed over 2-3 longer sessions. The classroom exercises include the key competencies of Managing Self, Thinking, Relating to others, Participating and Contributing, Using language, symbols and text and meet Relationships with other people and Healthy communities and environments objectives.
Rising Tide will also be available on our website with accompanying audio in English and Te Reo. Professional development material will be attached to a series of emails to those schools that have signed up, and also available as a package with the digital version our website in late November.
Reflective practice by teachers and staff groups should be encouraged to embed the ideas and to support teachers to manage children bringing their emotional struggles to teachers. The language introduced should be used across the school by teachers and children, with parents, using instances of difficulty that arise daily to practice the ideas presented.
Research from the Worry Bug Project (via Massey University) and the All Right? Parenting evaluation shows that most teachers and parents found these resources useful and effective. Results trend towards increases in prosocial behaviour (measured by the Strengths Difficulties Questionnaire SDQ), in both classrooms and at home. In Rising Tide, we have used a similar psychological framework, but increased the complexity to match the older age group. The classroom and family exercises have been peer reviewed by teachers, a psychiatrist, and a clinical psychologist.
This resource is more than a set of exercises, it can be used to encourage and develop a climate of compassion and expression of feelings, leading to an increase in pro-social behaviour and a positive classroom culture.
Rising Tide is based on Cognitive behavioural and Narrative principles, again addressing both the home and school context via the principle of home and school scaffolding
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    We all worry and feel anxiety at times in our lives.  Anxiety can impact on children and their families in many ways. The Worry Bug Project seeks to support parents and teachers to recognise and address mild to moderate anxiety.
    ​Sarina Dickson is a parent, author and educator, Julie Burgess-Manning is a parent, author and registered psychologist.

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