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Martin Seligman on positive psychology and flourishing
- Three great web videos of Martin Seligman talking about positive psychology:
- Dr Martin Seligman’s website includes a range of articles and studies you can participate in.
Positive psychology in education
- Dr Seligman’s approach to positive education can be read on the Authentic Happiness website newsletter.
- Great article in the New York Times about Dr Seligman and positive psychology in schools
- Read Seligman and co.’s article on ‘Positive Education: positive psychology and classroom interventions’.
- The Young Foundation’s Yvonne Roberts has produced a great little book, ‘Grit: The skills for success and how they are grown’ which you can download.
- See Sir Ken Robinson’s entertaining and profound TED talk on creativity in education.
- St Peter's College are leading the way with positive psychology in schools for SA. See what they are doing here.
- St Peter's College are running a fantastic series of public lectures on positive psychology in education as part of the Rex J Lipman Fellows Program. The next speaker will be former Thinker in Residency Baroness Susan Greenfield on neuroscience and imagination. Find out more here.
- Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia started working on integrating positive psychology into their curriculum in 2009. Read about what they are doing.
- ABC radio’s Life Matters spoke with Geelong Grammar School (Vic) and Riverside Girls High School (NSW) about the use of positive psychology in their schools.
Mental Health in Australia
If you’re looking for the statistics on mental health in Australia then check out the Australian Bureau of Statistics: The 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing
Other sites for research and discussion on mental health issues in Australia include:
Media
Media Release 21Sep11 - New Thinker to guide young people on resilience
AdelaideNow 22Sep11 - American mental health expert Dr Martin Seligman will be Adelaide's next Thinker in Residence