Developing a school-based preventive life skills program for youth in a remote Indigenous community in North Australia

• Published in: Health education (Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) Vol. 116; no. 5; pp. 510 - 523
• Main Authors: Robinson, Gary, Leckning, Bernard, Midford, Richard, Harper, Helen, Silburn, Sven, Gannaway, Jess, Dolan, Kylie, Delphine, Tim, Hayes, Craig
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bradford Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Adolescents; Approaches; Australia; Australian people; Behavior Problems; Classrooms; Community; Community colleges; Curricula; Curriculum Development; Curriculum Implementation; Daily Living Skills; Educational Environment; Educational Strategies; Efficacy; Emotional Development; Experiential Learning; Foreign Countries; Health & social care; Health education; Health Promotion; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous Populations; Intervention; Learning; Learning Strategies; Learning Theories; Life skills; Literacy; Literature reviews; Mental Health; Middle School Students; Pilot Projects; Prevention; Prevention programs; Relatedness; School attendance; School based; Self destructive behavior; Social Development; Students; Suicide; Suicides & suicide attempts; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Video Technology; Youth; Australia; School mental health; Aboriginal health; Community-based interventions; Australia; Suicide prevention; Resilience

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the process of development and the pilot implementation of a preventive life skills curriculum for Indigenous middle school students in a very remote community college in the West Arnhem region of North Australia. The curriculum integrates proven ed...