Well-being education that feels like a TREAT - rather than a treatment plan.

Designing school-based well-being education so it feels like a treat, and not a treatment plan, can be challenging.  The alarming statistics on youth mental illness can make it very tempting to focus primarily on responding to mental illness and fixing what’s gone wrong.  However, if we introduced well-being education that was a TREAT to learn about - Tangible, Relevant, Evidence-based, Alluring and Transformational – young people will; (1) want to learn and practice well-being skills, (2) retain more information which they can apply throughout their life and, (3) will feel better supported, motivated and confident about managing and promoting their mental health.  Well-being education in schools needs to improve by dovetailing best practices in health, sport and well-being science as well as technology and education.  It should strive to equip, inspire and empower young people to be proactively involved in shaping their own well-being destiny.  Applying the TREAT framework can help with achieving these desired outcomes.

Inaugural Professorial Lecture presented by Professor Dianne Vella-Brodrick
Gerry Higgins Chair in Positive Psychology,
Centre for Positive Phychology, Melbourne Graduate School of Education.

Professor Dianne Vella-Brodrick (PhD) holds the Gerry Higgins Chair in Positive Psychology and is Deputy Director and Head of Research at the Centre for Positive Psychology, University of Melbourne.

She founded the Australian Positive Psychology Network and serves on the International Positive Psychology Association Council of Advisors.

Dianne is the inaugural Director of the Masters of Applied Positive Psychology course.

Her research interests include the development and evaluation of well-being programs, particularly in the areas of positive education and performance optimisation.

Dianne is devoted to working with young people to improve their well-being using the latest technology and psychophysiological indices.

Pre-lecture refreshments will be served from 5.15pm. The lecture will begin at 6.00pm.

Please note that due to the venue capacity, places are strictly limited at this event.