Invictus Wellbeing Program

Invictus Wellbeing Institute

Invictus teaches students skills and ways of thinking to promote lifelong resilience and wellbeing.

Overview

Alignment with Be You Domains

Mentally Healthy Communities

Alignment with Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF)

Children are confident and involved learners
Children are connected with and contribute to their world
Children are effective communicators
Children have a strong sense of identity
Children have a strong sense of wellbeing

Alignment with Australian Curriculum

Health and PE
Humanities and Social Sciences

Target audience

Secondary school

Target groups

Small group
Whole class

Aims

The program is a long-term wellbeing experience that give students a lived experience of positive psychology. The program aims for students to harness skills and ways of thinking that will promote resilience and wellbeing for the rest of their lives. Students understand the importance of belonging and connections, emotional intelligence and recognise the links between positive relationships and wellbeing. Invictus combines outdoor education, skill mastery, soft skill acquisition and service learning to help develop the whole child.

Program theory

The program lessons draw upon the research of Dr Martin Seligman (PERMA model), Dr Arne Rubinstein (Rites of Passage), Dr Shelly Gable (ACR theory), Dr Angella-Lee Duckworth (GRIT), Dr Lee Waters (strengths-based model), Dr Daniel Goleman (EQ), among others.

Topics

The program is built around four elements: network, master, journey and serve, each covering a wide range of issues.

Cost

$500 initial training day, including $25 per student per annum licence fee.

Program structure

There are 128 sessions. One session per week over 4 years (long-term multi-modal wellbeing intervention).

Instructor

Psychologist
Educator
Wellbeing leader

Instructor training

Five hours of NESA Registered Professional Training delivered by a trained instructor from the Invictus Wellbeing Institute.

Supporting resources or materials available with program

Manual
Online webinars
Workbook

Ongoing support

Instructors are able to request additional training sessions, and schools can also request research, phone and email support. Invictus runs an annual training conference.

Parent involvement

Attend information sessions
Written information provided to parents

Origin of program

Not provided

Invictus Wellbeing Institute

Program authors

Joshua Brown

: 182-222 Lake Rd,Wallsend NSW 2287 Australia

: +61 2 4058 3305

: jbrown@invictuswellbeing.com.au

: Visit website

Ratings

1/4 Evidence

3/4 Implementation

Summary of evidence factors

This is a summary of the evaluation or research study characteristics that contribute to the program’s evidence rating.

Positive impact on at least one outcome for children and/or young people?	No
Link between program description and theory of change	None
Study design	Qualitative/Post cohort
Independence	None

Summary of implementation factors

This is a summary of the program’s characteristics that contribute to its implementation rating.

Feedback sought from participants	Yes
Feedback sought from instructors	No
Groups program is not suitable for	Not assessed
Training provided during study	Face to face, all instructors, in person
Ongoing instructor support provided during study	Yes

Context

This is a summary of the context in which the evidence for the program was established.

Study Participants	Primary school
Country of Study/s
Evaluation of program in culturally and linguistically diverse populations	No
Evaluation of program in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people	No
Evaluation of program in low socioeconomic groups	No
Developmental based adaptations to program design and delivery	No
Evaluation of program in children and young people with disability and/or learning difference	No

Last updated: 22 September 2021