This tour will showcase Positive Education in action at 3 thought-leading, award-winning, Positive Education schools. The tour has been designed to expose you to wellbeing initiatives across three different contexts: a state/public school, an independent/private school and an alternative school for disengaged students. You will see how positive education is applied in kindergarten, primary/junior school, middle school, and secondary school. You will see how a range of evidence-based Positive Education frameworks are put into action: PERMA, SEARCH, Visible Wellbeing and the Berry Street model. The schools will connect you with teachers, school leaders, students and parents to give you a rich understanding of how to take positive education science and turn it into effective practice. The range of schools across sectors, year levels and Positive Education frameworks will open your eyes to an array of new practices and leave you with a raft of ideas to take back to your school. The interactive tour will be led by 2 World Expert Scholars in the Field: Associate Professor Mathew White and Dr Alejandro Adler, who will scaffold the learning at each school with interactive and reflective bus ride sessions between the schools. The bus rides give you an opportunity to see the beautiful tree lined streets of Melbourne, get to know other people in the field of Positive Education from across the globe and share what's happening at your school with those on the bus. IPPA is so proud to have joined forces with the following three schools who have generously opened their doors to our delegates to share their thought-leading practice.
Objective: Science for Scientists Day supports IPPA's mission to help build research skills and networks for our scientists. The Day aims to introduce the audience to a range of experts across different methods, support interdisciplinary dialogue, and ensure that early career scientists get good value from the Congress.
Positive Psychotherapy (PPT) is the therapeutic arm of Positive Psychology. It integrates symptoms with strengths, risks with resources, weaknesses with values, and regrets with hopes in order to understand the inherent complexities of human experience in a balanced way.
Positive Psychotherapy is the clinical dimension of positive psychology which, unlike its names is not just about positives. PPT is about skillful integration of symptoms and strengths, vulnerabilities and potentialities, and ruminations and reflections. This workshop is a compilation of case studies of six most common clinical conditions including depression (uni-polar and bi-polar), anxiety, attentional and hyperactivity difficulties, post-traumatic stress, relationship challenges and borderline personality symptoms. Each case study begins with the narrative of the client, providing participants a snapshot of the clinical concerns for which they sought psychotherapy. With the help of worksheets, participants will have the opportunity to apply PPT framework both individually and in small groups. Each case will include a large group debrief. Throughout the workshop, importance of integrating theory and empirical evidence will be highlighted.
FORMAT: Interactive and engaging workshop featuring lecture, reflection, fun individual exercises and dyad discussions.
Can positive psychology help couples strengthen and sustain their relationships? Although there is as yet no comprehensive response to this question, there are a number of promising findings and research streams that can be applied to romantic relationships.
In this lively and interactive session, husband-and-wife team Suzann Pileggi Pawelski and James Pawelski, will summarize some of the key research findings featured in their book Happy Together: Using the Science of Positive Psychology to Build Love That Lasts (Penguin Random House, 2018).
Specifically, they will discuss healthy habits that couples can cultivate to become happy together over the long term.
Understand and evaluate the theoretical and empirical case for the significance of responding well for relational well-being.
Analyze one's own relationships in light of the research.
Develop strategies for improving one's responses in one's own relationships.
FORMAT: Interactive workshop touring Melbourne CBD and passing by the Center for Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne, led by 3 world-leading applied positive psychology practitioners.
LOCATION & TRAVEL TIME: This race starts and ends at the conference venue. Participants will leisurely stroll and use public transport (i.e., free trams) to different locations for the activities of the race.
IDEAL AUDIENCE: With the theme of the congress being connection, we invite a) people coming alone to the congress so they can connect with others, b) people relatively new to positive psychology so they can connect with positive psychology, and c) people new to Melbourne and Australia so they can connect with and Australian and Melbourne way of life. Humanness is the only prerequisite.
You will take away at least half a dozen new skills that you can use immediately to increase your powers of connection.
IDEAL AUDIENCE: This workshop is appropriate for a wide range of professionals interested in applying the science of strengths. Although we will focus on coaching conversations this material is easily applied to managerial conversations, the education sector, and to psychotherapy. Specific attention will be paid to coaching and non-coaching uses of strengths.
In this highly experiential workshop, attendees will build advanced skills related to the science of strengths. The workshop will begin with an overview of strengths-- including definitions and popular taxonomies. From this foundation, the presenter will introduce a wide variety of interventions related to the identification, use and development of strengths for individuals and for teams. This workshop will include an emphasis on research, as well as skills demonstrations, and opportunities for practice. ICF continuing education units are available.