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You Can Do It! Education: Program Achieve (Primary)

You Can Do It! Education

Program Achieve (Primary) is a socio-emotional learning program teaches children positive attitudes to influence their wellbeing and achievements.

Overview

Alignment with Be You Domains

  • 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

  • Primary school

Target groups

  • Whole class
  • Whole school

Aims

YCDI! Program Achieve is a socio-emotional learning program that teaches children positive attitudes, socio-emotional skills and character strengths which influence both wellbeing and achievement outcomes. It also has a focus on reducing socio-emotional difficulties (anxiety, feeling down, anger, procrastination, not paying attention) through teaching children to use cognitive restructuring and cognitive behaviour strategies.

Program theory

Not indicated in application.

Topics

Sample topics for Year 3: Part 1 Achievement (work confidence, persistence, organisation, teamwork); Part 2 Relationships (values, character strengths and getting along skills); Part 3: Wellbeing (resilience, happiness); Part 4 Social-emotional blockers (anger, anxiety, feeling down, not paying attention, procrastination).

Cost

Annual licence fee for a school or organisation: $995.

Program structure

At each year level, there are 32 lessons designed to cover 4 terms, 8 lessons per term. Lessons once a week (50 to 60 minutes).

Instructor

  • External facilitator
  • Psychologist
  • Educator
  • Wellbeing leader

Instructor training

Instructor training takes two forms. 1. E-learning course consisting of 9 self-paced modules (approximately 30 minutes per module) 2. Instructor training available in one-day face-to-face workshops offered by Michael Bernard in urban centres across Australia.

Supporting resources or materials available with program

  • DVD
  • Manual
  • Posters
  • Workbook

Parent involvement

  • None

Origin of program

Australia

You Can Do It! Education

Program authors

Michael Edwin Bernard

Address
PO Box 405,East Melbourne VIC 8002 Australia
Phone
+61 438 063 898
Email
bernardgroup@gmail.com
website
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Ratings

4/4 Evidence
4/4 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 Randomised control trial
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 No
Groups program is not suitable for Not assessed
Training provided during study Face to face train-the-trainer 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

Australia
Location of Study/s in Australia

VIC
Evaluation of program in culturally and linguistically diverse populations Yes
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: 21 April 2022