Resilience PAL
Session 2: Understand the Learnable Skills of Resilience
Key Information:
- Date and time
- Wed 16 November 2022
15:00 - 16:00 - Location
- 2B011, Bower Ashton Library (City Campus), Further info
- Contact
- PAL Team pal@uwe.ac.uk +44 (0)117 32 87748
- Cost
- Free
- Attendance
- Booking required
Description
The aims of this session (facilitated by student PAL Leaders):
- Further explore what is meant by resilience.
- Gain insight into how the seven learnable skills of resilience work.
- Reflect on how you might apply these skills to your own personal situation.
- Discover more about managing difficult relationships, and how you can make a positive change.
- Know about the range of support available, and how to access help if needed.
In this session, you will explore a scenario about a fictional student worries about not fitting in.
You will be able to discuss feelings of isolation and how to move through these feelings. This session is open to all students, you don't have to have completed workshop one.
Location
2B011
Bower Ashton Library (City Campus)
Kennel Lodge Road
Bristol
BS3 2JT
UK
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