What Is IMPACT-7
IMPACT-7 are seven science-based building blocks that activate the knowledge, skills and mindsets to empower children, young people and adults to:
- Respond rather than react to challenging situations.
- Understand their emotions, values, and what matters most to them.
- Build and sustain thriving, healthy relationships.
- Activate their strengths and engage in positive, intentional risk-taking.
- Achieve goals that are important to them and the people they support.
- Co-create shared plans that deliver outcomes meaningful to everyone involved.
The Seven Skills
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1. Understanding My Brain |
Understanding the nature of experiences (activating and suppressing), brain functioning, respond versus react brains, how the brain works and bottom-up development. |
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2. Responding Rather Than Reacting |
What is responding rather than reacting, triggers, emotional and body reactions, and physical and cognitive grounding strategies. |
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3. Understanding Me (Under the Surface) |
Understanding values and needs, and other factors beneath behaviours, including the 3 Cs of human motivation and functioning. |
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4. Healthy and Balanced Thinking |
Observing thoughts as thoughts (including Event-Thought-Reaction), and applying balanced thinking, growth mindset and gratitude in action. |
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5. What’s Important Goals |
Activating and energising values and aligning goals and practical actions to the goals. |
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6. What-What-How Solutions |
Problem solving, planning, goal setting and helping others. |
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7. Healthy Win-Win Relationships |
Healthy versus unhealthy relationships, using what-what-how for shared solutions |
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