Resilience program
for young people
with a focus on ‘Learners’
Herausforderungen der Jugendlichen
Zahlen und Daten
75%
… of mental disorders begin before the age of 25.
41 %
“Less than half of the training courses are unproblematic according to vocational trainers. There were problems in over 26% of the courses.
4,5 Std./Tag
Usage duration of social media by 13- to 23-year-olds in Switzerland. Three-quarters of the respondents underestimated the duration.
37 %
So many of the 17-19 year olds in Switzerland report suffering from mental health issues
Why today’s young people are facing significant mental challenges.
The reasons for mental health issues are diverse. Here are three of the main causes.
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Multicrisis
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Lack of competence in self-leadership
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Overwhelmed family; lack of connectedness
Our Understanding of Resilience
Resilience is trainable and volatile. Failure is part of growth.
1. Self-leadership
2. Health literacy
3. Connectedness
4. Purpose and Solution Orientation
5. Acceptance & Adaptation
6. Personal Responsibility
7. Realistic Optimism
What Can Strengthen Young People
With enhanced resilience and supportive systems for better health and success
Resiliece
Resilience means dealing constructively with challenges, crises, and setbacks and growing from them. This ability is very important for both adults and young people and is based on seven elements:
1. Self-leadership
2. Health literacy
3. Connectedness
4. Purpose & Solution Orientation
5. Acceptance & Adaptation
6. Personal Responsibility
7. Realistic Optimism
Important Competencies
Which competencies essentially support young people in mastering their challenges? Among others:
- Self-perception, Self-empowerment & Self-regulation
- Self-acceptance, Self-efficacy & Self-respect
- Relationship competence & Network maintenance
- Communication competence and Conflict management
- Impulse control and Emotion regulation
- Concentration ability
- Endurance & Goal orientation
- Media competence Environment and task-related competencies
Strengthening Resources & Systems
Orientation, Security, Comfort & Systems
Numerous studies and surveys suggest that young people can be mentally healthier, more satisfied, and more resilient when they are part of functional and strengthening systems. These should:
- Enable / promote strengthening relationships, belonging, and affection
- Contain clear structures and fair rules
- Ensure psychological safety
- Promote self-efficacy and experience of meaning
- Allow trying out, discovering, contributing, making mistakes, and co-designing Include creativity & inspiration in the learning process
- Promote individual development
WHY – our Vision
We strengthen young people in their resilience. Needs-based and sustainable.
- Together with representatives of the economy, health promotion, and other partners, we develop effective programs that strengthen young people in their resilience.
- We turn young people from those affected to participants – starting with a pilot resilience program for learners. This lays the foundation for expanding the offerings for other young people.
- In a second step, the impact of the pilot program unfolds nationwide in Switzerland and includes other relevant systems – especially legal guardians, vocational trainers, instructors, mentors, etc.
Development & Implementation
Effectiveness is the goal. Participation and equality are the way.
A. Raising Awareness
- Motivating and informing the target group: Topics resilience, mental health, self-leadership, reflective, positive media handling
- Inclusion of other target groups (legal guardians, vocational trainers, instructors by agreement)
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B. Involving
- Designing effective offers (online / offline) together with learners (young people)
- Inclusion of young people from secondary school, learners, and apprenticeship graduates / dropouts
- Program development: Focus 3-4 years (including the integration of existing effective offers)
- ….
C. Activating
Impact through:
- Motto: Being allowed to try out instead of having to be able; shaping instead of enduring;
- Promotion: Self-knowledge, self-acceptance, self-leadership – Resilience
- Social incentives: strengthening others through one’s own behavior, e.g., “jogging” triggered a donation to “Velafrica”
- Synergies: Using existing resources (e.g., Atélier du futur – Mobiliar and much more), Multipliers (e.g., KV Zürich), Media (e.g., TagesAnzeiger) and others
- Creativity & Self-efficacy: Learners as podcasters; artists; consultants Mentoring: Young people as mentee & mentor (role reversal)
- Campaigning: Communication in the (social) media
D. Multiplying
- Concept for spreading from the target group of the pilot project to other affected individuals (Students at gymnasiums; vocational students from all over Switzerland; young people from precarious circumstances etc.)
- Enhanced integration of relevant target groups (with a focus on legal guardians; primary school etc.)
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