Partners and Sponsors

Department of Education & Child Development (DECD) delivers the public education system for South Australia. DECS will focus on how to build the tools for wellbeing into public education at a systems level in SA.

St Peter’s College is the key thought leader in the use of positive psychology in a whole-of-school context in SA. St Peter's College will focus on how to implement evidence-based positive psychology practices across all aspects of school life: academic, co-curriculum, organisational culture, infrastructure  and it's implications for students, teachers, all staff, families and administrators.

SA Health: Mental Health Unit delivers mental health services across South Australia. The Mental Health Unit will bring their expertise and experience as well as on-the-ground knowledge of current mental health practices across SA to the residency.

Department for Communities and Social Inclusion (DCSI) advocates for socially inclusive policies and projects within the SA government and broader community. The Social Inclusion Unit will keep the social justice lens active in the residency with a focus on how positive education will work for all members of a community.

Department of the Premier & Cabinet: Cabinet Office drives implementation of South Australia's Strategic Plan, coordinates and advises on policy development, and has overarching responsibility for federal-state relations. Cabinet Office will provide a strategic policy perspective to the work of the residency.

The Smith Family is a children's charity helping disadvantaged Australian children to get the most out of their education, so they can create better futures for themselves. The Smith Family works with SA families facing disadvantage as well as the educators working with those families. It will provide real world experience and perspective on how those families could or would use positive psychology.

BeyondBlue is the national depression initiative. It aims to increase the capacity of the broader Australian community to prevent depression and respond effectively. BeyondBlue’s Senseability Program works with secondary schools to build wellbeing and resilience. Its experience in the field and national voice will be particularly useful to the residency.

Reach Foundation is a not-for-profit youth wellbeing organisation.  They believe that every young person should have the support and self-belief they need to fulfil their potential and dare to dream. In recent years the Reach Foundation has been using positive psychology to underpin its training of teachers and brings extensive engagement with positive psychology in an Australian context to the partner group.

Catholic Education SA aims to support Catholic schools, staff, parishes and the wider community in South Australia. The Catholic school sector is an important element to our state’s education system and are a necessary contributor to the discussion of positive education in SA.

Integrated Design Commission (IDC) has a broad remit in all matters relating to multi-disciplinary design and the built environment, including planning, infrastructure, transport and energy, urban ecology and landscape; and industrial and product design. IDC will focus on the flourishing communities aspect of the residency – looking at the relationship between wellbeing and the built environment.

Local Government Association of SA (LGA) is the association of all local governments (councils) in South Australia. The LGA is an important player in the relationship between schools and the community and will act as a link between the positive education and flourishing communities aims of the residency

Adelaide University brings experience in evidence-based research, research methodologies and specific expertise in the fields of psychology and education to the partner table for the Martin Seligman Residency.

Flinders University brings experience in evidence-based research, research methodologies and specific expertise in the fields of psychology and education to the partner table for the Martin Seligman Residency.

UniSA brings experience in evidence-based research, research methodologies and specific expertise in the fields of psychology and education to the partner table for the Martin Seligman Residency.

MindMatters is a national mental health initiative for secondary schools promoting and protecting the mental health, and social and emotional wellbeing of all the members of school communities. They will bring experience and insight on working with schools across Australia on whole-of-school wellbeing programs to the partner table.