Managing Climate Anxiety in Primary School Students
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Course Summary
Course Content
Managing Climate Anxiety in Primary School Students
01.
Intro
02.
Introduction - Are the kids alright?
03.
The big picture - underlying principles of responding to climate anxiety
04.
Strategies and case study for Junior Primary
05.
Strategies and case study for Middle Primary
06.
Strategies and case study for Upper Primary
07.
Better together - bringing in colleagues
08.
Building the community - how to engage parents
09.
When to bring in the big guns - psychological support
10.
Looking after ourselves
11.
Summing up
12.
Reflection
13.
Congratulations
Course Writers
Elinor Hasenfratz is an educator with a particular focus on climate education and community resilience. She has led climate programs in schools across Victoria, emphasising not just climate science but fostering determined optimism in her students as well as leaning deeply into the creativity and possibility of climate solutions.
Elinor helps young people and the adults around them envision and explore potential futures in which we don’t just survive, but thrive.