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Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul ... Full day workshop in Sydney on April 24th, evening lectures in Melbourne on April 25th and Brisbane on April 27th. Download a leaflet with further details here, or go to deepakchopratour.com

Our focus is on how to build friendly and safe school communities rather than addressing the problems of individual bullies and those that are bullied. Wellbeing Australia takes the view that bullying will only be properly addressed when whole school / whole class policy and practice support students (and others in the community) supporting each other. 

The focus is on children, education and developing resilient communities.

These texts either outline theory or look at ways in which social and emotional literacy might be put into practice. You are invited to submit reviews / comments or suggestions for inclusion.

Planting the Peace Virus

Robyn Hromek

This book describes a systematic whole-school approach to creating an ethos of non-violence in primary schools. It is based largely on a program implemented at Byron Bay PS for which the school received an anti-violence award. Evaluation of the program indicated that violence and harassment declined and after several years was rare. The 'peace virus' had grown.

Review of Roslyn Arnold (2005) Empathic Intelligence: Teaching, learning, relating. Sydney: UNSW Press