Visible Wellbeing

Lea Waters

Visible Wellbeing is a whole-school approach to supporting the wellbeing of teachers, staff and students.

Overview

Alignment with Be You Domains

Mentally Healthy Communities
Learning Resilience

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

Target audience

Early learning
Primary school
Secondary school

Target groups

Individual
Small group
Whole school

Aims

Visible Wellbeing is a whole-school program that combines wellbeing, learning and organisational change. The program helps educators and students to see their own, and others', wellbeing; build wellbeing; and facilitate learning in the classroom.

Program theory

Visible Wellbeing is based on positive psychology and the SEARCH framework. SEARCH covers 6 pathways to wellbeing: Strengths, Emotional management, Attention and awareness, Relationships, Coping, Habits and goals. The program is also based on systems theory and organisational change.

Topics

The approach provides introductory modules and progresses into the SEARCH framework's pathways to wellbeing: Strengths, Emotional management, Attention and awareness, Relationships, Coping, Habits and goals.

Cost

Costs range from free resources for schools to $A15,000 upwards for the Visible Wellbeing whole-school programs. Visible Wellbeing teacher training starts at approximately A$2,800 (US$1,900).

Program structure

Modules are available as live or online interactive half-day workshops. The SEARCH modules can also be undertaken as on-demand learning individually or in groups. The Visible Wellbeing approach provides: Coaching on how to implement the SEARCH framework; surveys and focus group protocols to measure student and staff wellbeing; and wellbeing practices and resources (more than 250 activities) that can be integrated into classrooms and staff rooms. Visible Wellbeing also offers all-staff professional development, orientation modules for new staff and a project management plan to embed Visible Wellbeing

Instructor

External facilitator

Instructor training

Training includes 2 days of live workshops and 40 hours of independent learning via a facilitator's portal.

Supporting resources or materials available with program

Manual
Online webinars
Posters
Workbook

Ongoing support

Instructors and facilitators become part of an online community forum to share practice and support each other to deliver Visible Wellbeing. Visible Wellbeing also hosts webinars for facilitators and provide coaching opportunities.

Parent involvement

Attend information sessions
Follow-up information provided after program
Written information provided to parents
Online resources

Origin of program

Australia

Lea Waters

Program authors

Professor Lea Waters AM, PhD

: Blackburn,Melbourne VIC 3130 Australia

: 61043289967

: admin@leawaters.com

: Visit website

Ratings

2/4 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?	Yes
Link between program description and theory of change	Comprehensive
Study design	Pre-post cohort
Independence	Semi

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	Yes
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 Secondary school
Country of Study/s	Australia
Location of Study/s in Australia	NSW QLD TAS
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	Yes
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: 9 October 2023