Introduction
Block 1- Welcome, introductions and overview
Block 2- Foundations
Demonstrations & Practice
Block 3- Character Strengths
Demonstrations & Practice
BLock 4- Optimism, explanatory style and positive thinking
Welcome to Day 2
Block 5- Mindsets
Block 6_ Resilience and post-traumatic growth
Demonstrations & Practice
Block 7- Flow
Demonstrations & Practice
Block 8- Positive Psychology Interventions
Block 9- Psychometrics and assessment
Block 10- In Practice
Block 11- The future
End of Day 2
When adversity strikes: Resilience and post-traumatic growth
Resources:
Further reading: What Doesn’t Kill Us – The New Psychology of Post-traumatic Growth
Scholarly article on the subject of PTG
Short blog post on PTG (including further reading)
PTG Research Unit (including publications) of the University of Charlotte
PTG Research Unit – University of East London
27 Resilience Activities and Worksheets for Students and Adults (+PDFs)
Scholarly article on the subject of Resilience
Collection of articles on Resilience
Video: Dan Gilbert on the concept of a “psychological immune system”