Kari Sutton
The nature of children's health around the world is changing there is now a 'new morbidity' occurring, with obesity, anxiety, depression and suicide taking centre stage. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics over 560,000 Australian children and young people have mental health problems. We want our children to grow into happy adults, but the trouble is many of them are struggling to develop resilience that enables them to cope with making mistakes, accept failures and bounce back from adversity.
With warmth, intelligence and humour, Australia's leading expert in how we develop children's mental fitness Kari Sutton, works with associations, parents, and educators keen to develop greater resilience in the next generation. Believing that we've been waiting till problems arise before we begin building children's resilience, and that this means we are constantly the ambulances at the bottom of the cliff, Kari illustrates why we need to rethink how we develop resilience in children.
Drawing from the science of positive psychology, interpersonal neurobiology and child development, Kari demonstrates how we can proactively foster our children's mental fitness muscles and that this investment is equivalent to building protective fences at the top of the cliff to stop our kids from falling into the downward spiral of anxiety, depression and self-harm.
As a speaker, author and facilitator Kari provides parents and educators with evidenced based strategies and tools that significantly increase the likelihood of their children having higher levels of resilience and psychological wellbeing.
The nature of children's health around the world is changing there is now a 'new morbidity' occurring, with obesity, anxiety, depression and suicide taking centre stage. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics over 560,000 Australian children and young people have mental health problems. We want our children to grow into happy adults, but the trouble is many of them are struggling to develop resilience that enables them to cope with making mistakes, accept failures and bounce back from adversity.
With warmth, intelligence and humour, Australia's leading expert in how we develop children's mental fitness Kari Sutton, works with associations, parents, and educators keen to develop greater resilience in the next generation. Believing that we've been waiting till problems arise before we begin building children's resilience, and that this means we are constantly the ambulances at the bottom of the cliff, Kari illustrates why we need to rethink how we develop resilience in children.
Drawing from the science of positive psychology, interpersonal neurobiology and child development, Kari demonstrates how we can proactively foster our children's mental fitness muscles and that this investment is equivalent to building protective fences at the top of the cliff to stop our kids from falling into the downward spiral of anxiety, depression and self-harm.
As a speaker, author and facilitator Kari provides parents and educators with evidenced based strategies and tools that significantly increase the likelihood of their children having higher levels of resilience and psychological wellbeing.
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