Building Resilience in Children and Young People

Resilience is an important skill that helps children cope with challenges and setbacks.

In this session, youth-facing staff will explore the key components of resilience, such as emotional regulation, problem-solving, and adaptability.

We will discuss strategies to support young people in building their resilience, including fostering a growth mindset, encouraging independence, and providing a supportive environment for them to express their emotions.

By empowering children with resilience, staff can help them navigate life’s ups and downs with greater confidence.

Who is eligible?

Adults 18+ working with children and young people aged 9-25 in a professional or volunteer capacity. Includes youth workers, communtiy workers, and practitioners.

About Change Talks

The Change Talks journey began in 2017, when Sam, then a staff nurse, witnessed the impact of mental health struggles first-hand. This experience fuelled his passion to make a meaningful difference.

Sam was motivated by a desire to prevent mental health issues and improve the lives of children, Change Talks was founded to provide meaningful experiences to both children and adults.

Change Talks are a service that offers socially responsible health education training to children, parents and businesses. They are socially responsible because the profits we receive from business workshops are pushed back into funding vital school education for 4-21 year olds.

Children are at the heart of everything we do, and we know how important it is, now more than ever, to educate children on health and mental health.

About the PEACEPLUS OUR Generation Project:

OUR Generation is a PEACEPLUS funded project led by Action Mental Health and a cross-border partnership of 9 organisations including Co-operation Ireland, Youth Action NI, Boys & Girls Clubs NI, Donegal Youth Service, PlayBoard NI, Youth Work Ireland, Include Youth, and Ulster University. OUR Generation will focus on delivering impactful initiatives for youth mental health and wellbeing and contribute to peace and reconciliation through cross-border and cross-community initiatives. The project aims to increase mental health literacy, enhance emotional resilience, build leadership skills of CYP and lead research in mental health and the impact of trauma on our communities. The project will incorporate trauma-informed practice and build interpersonal, intrapersonal, and intergroup skills in young people to promote shared learning and diversity. We will work with young people aged 9-25 and key youth workers including any adults working with young people in a professional or volunteer capacity.

Co-operation Ireland's will focus on connecting groups on a cross community and cross border basis based upon common needs and shared interests with the development of activities and training to address issues, specifically around the promotion of emotional resilience, empathy and understanding underpinned by building peace & reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland.