RAMS Program

Developing Resilience & Promoting Wellbeing in Australia’s Secondary sChool Students

Improving the Lives of Hundreds of Students Since 2017

The Resilience-building Program

The RAMS school program exists to build resilience and promote wellbeing in secondary school students enrolled throughout Australia. Seven full-day sessions run each year, building self-esteem, critical reflection skills, and social-emotional intelligence in each participant, who attends all sessions.

Each session explores and helps students develop one of the seven resilience factors identified by Karen Reivich and Andrew Shatte (2002). Sections of the Reach Out Australia program are adopted, complementing schools’ existing wellbeing and mental health initiatives. We know that simple measures can have a great impact in the lives of students. Young people frequently face adversity and change, and it is vital that they acquire the ability to cope effectively with these challenges.

RAMS School Program Outcomes

Seven Sessions Run. Seven Resilience Skills Learned.

Empathy

Emotional Awareness & Self-regulation

Impulse Control

Optimism

Self-efficacy

Flexible Thinking

Connectedness & Reaching Out

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Feedback From Schools

Reports range from mid-program to 6 months after program completion.

“There were observed changes in each of the students who took part. From a better understanding of emotion, to developing friendships and better communication with peers and staff at school.”

Bonnie Williams, Wellbeing Coordinator

Wallan Secondary College