Resilience and recovery: bushfires and COVID-19 (S3 Ep1)
A global pandemic and devastating bushfires – these major events are going to affect people's lives and wellbeing for a long time. Their ramifications are forcing people to deal with uncertainty, stress and loss. On this episode of Talking Teaching: Professor Lindsay Oades, Director of the Centre for Positive Psychology at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, tells us how we can find resilience in a pandemic – and we meet the Principal of Clifton Creek Primary School, Sue Paul, who’s rebuilding her school and community after it was destroyed by bushfire.
Presenters: Genevieve Costigan and Joe Sullivan
Guest speakers:
- Professor Lindsay Oades, Director, Centre for Positive Psychology, Melbourne Graduate School of Education
- Sue Paul, Principal, Clifton Creek Primary School
At Clifton Creek Primary School
Sue Paul, Principal, Clifton Creek Primary School
Clifton Creek Primary School
Burnt trees outside Clifton Creek Primary School