RISE is a comprehensive yet flexible programme to give you all the knowledge, skills and resources to be able to develop children's resilience and wellbeing. 

• RISE Training. The RISE course is broken down into 12 Chapters, each with a number of subchapter videos.  The training is all video based, and gives the opportunity to start and stop when convenient to you.
• RISE Strategies. The main part of RISE is related to the 7Cs and the E which, together make up the vast majority of children's resilience. For each, there are a range of evidence-based strategies which can be easily used at the whole-class, small group or individual level. Alongside each strategy, there's a number of resources to help you get started with ease.
• RISE Assessment: This enables quick and easy profiling of children's areas of strength and need, meaning that we can focus our attention to those areas where support is needed most. It's also very useful to track and monitor progress over time.

When joining RISE, staff will receive individual account logins for a year's access to RISE. This enables each staff member to work through at their own pace, and be able to quickly pick up from where they left at any time.

The video above 'How will staff use RISE?' talks through two main approaches that staff can take to using the RISE course. These are:

• Linear i.e. completing the whole course from start to finish (and becoming a RISE Practitioner). In total, there is over 8 hours of direct video content. This is ideal for staff who have the capacity to work with children on a regular basis with their mental health and wellbeing (e.g. Learning Mentors, Senior Mental Health Leads, HLTAs).
• Dynamic i.e. going through the introductory videos to fully understand resilience (about 2 hours), and then dipping in and out of the strategies from each area as needed. We would suggest allocating 3 hours initially to give additional time to explore the RISE Assessment and some of the RISE strategies. This is ideal for teachers who want to be able to access targeted strategies which specifically meet the needs of children in their class. 

A mixed model works incredibly well for most schools, where RISE Practitioners who have taken the full course are leads and the 'go to' for any particular questions or signposting, while the majority of staff use the course dynamically. 

RISE Contents

Brief Introduction

• Getting Started with RISE (how to use?)

1.   Introduction and Overview

• Overview and Aims
• What is Resilience?
• The 7Cs (and an E)
• Resilience Plans

2.   Competence

• Introduction to Competence
• Resilience Power 1: Finding Strengths
• Resilience Power 2: Recognising Achievements
• Resilience Power 3: Master Experiences

3.   Contribution

• Introduction to Contribution
• Resilience Power 1: Valuing Kindness
• Resilience Power 2: Acts of Kindness
• Resilience Power 3: Giving Back

4.   Confidence

• Introduction to Confidence
• Resilience Power 1: Growth Mindset (Overview)
• Resilience Power 1: Growth Mindset (Teaching Growth)
• Resilience Power 1: Growth Mindset (Effort Focus)
• Resilience Power 1: Growth Mindset (Valuing Mistakes)
• Resilience Power 2: Positive Praise

5.   Connectedness

• Introduction to Connectedness
• Resilience Power 1: Levels of Connectedness
• Resilience Power 2: One Close Relationship
• Resilience Power 3: Adult Network
• Resilience Power 4: Close Peer Relationship
• Resilience Power 5: Social Skills & Likeability
• Resilience Power 6: Getting to know you
• Resilience Power 7: Class Identity

6.   Character

• Introduction to Character
• Resilience Power 1: Identifying Values
• Resilience Power 2: Journaling
• Resilience Power 3: Positive Reflection
• Resilience Power 4: Positive Reframing
• Resilience Power 5: Future Optimism

7.   Coping

• Introduction to Coping
• Resilience Power 1: Recognising Emotions
• Resilience Power 2: Tools to Manage Emotions
• Resilience Power 3: Diaphragmatic Breathing
• Resilience Power 4: Finding Solutions
• Resilience Power 5: Reflecting and Learning

8.   Control

• Introduction to Control
• Resilience Power 1: Stability and Predictability
• Resilience Power 2: Setting Goals
• Resilience Power 3: Feeling in Control
• Resilience Power 4: Tolerating a Lack of Control

9.   Enjoyment

• Introduction to Enjoyment
• Importance of Enjoyment
• Facilitating Enjoyment and Laughter

10.  Becoming Resilient

• Introduction to Becoming Resilient
• Resilience Zones
• Resilience Building Experiences

11.  RISE Assessment

• Introduction to the RISE Assessment
• RISE Assessments (EY, KS1, KS2)
• RISE Scoring & Reporting Template

12.  Summary and Next Steps

• RISE Summary
• RISE Discussions (Between Dr Richard Skelton and Dr Lee Randall for each Chapter)

RISE Strategy Resources

For each of the 35+ strategies within RISE, there are a wide range of associated resources. After all, the aim is to make RISE as  practical to get started with as possible. This includes a number of activities for KS1 and KS2 children to directly complete, as well as posters and other helpful resources for using these strategies at a whole-class or small group level.

The trainers are part of the RISE course community, and if there's any additional resources that you feel will help, simply add a comment under that section and they will work to add these for you.

RISE Assessment Resources

The RISE assessment provides school staff with everything you need to identify children's current resilience capacity across each of the eight core areas of resilience, and provide you with easy to identify reports. These include:

• Each of the EYFS, KS1, and KS2 questionnaires,
• Associated PowerPoints to aid administration,
• A fully automated data template which gives full resilience profiles for your class, and individual children.

Yes. Dr Richard Skelton and Dr Lee Randall (Child and Educational Psychologists) are an active part of the RISE course community and encourage staff to ask questions.

There is the opportunity to add comments or questions under each subchapter, and a 'closed' Facebook group where those who have been part of RISE can share ideas, questions and additional resources. 

RISE may start with the course, but it's here to provide a community for those that want to access this.

RISE is primarily designed for KS1 and KS2 children, with the majority of the examples, resources and strategies being developed for these ages.

The RISE assessment has differentiated versions for KS1, KS2, and EYFS.

While RISE is being used within the EYFS (and there is an adapted RISE assessment for this age too) and can be used up to Year 7, it's important to note that, to do so will mean some adaptation and differentiation of the strategies to make them more appropriate for these ages.

The research on resilience is incredibly well established. While there are dozens of areas which affect a child's resilience, the RISE programme has focused on 8 key areas (i.e. 7Cs & E) of resilience. These have been shown to have the biggest impact on resilience, and are also those which we can actively support children to develop.

Each of the RISE strategies (i.e. Resilience Powers) were selected based upon what the evidence has shown to be most effective approaches to improve resilience in each of these areas. These strategies primarily originate from therapeutic contexts or psychological techniques, and have been adapted by Dr Richard Skelton and Dr Lee Randall based on their years of experience in working with schools to make them practical and useable for teachers and school staff. 

We are always keen to work with schools, universities and other research partners on evaluating and further developing RISE. Please contact us to discuss to talk further on how we could support you with this: [email protected] 

The RISE Assessment is a quick, practical, straightforward tool that helps us to understand children’s underlying resilience capacity.

It's main purposes are to:

1. Identify areas of need for intervention (whole class, small group or individual).
2. Track children's progress over time.

The RISE assessment covers each of the eight areas of resilience within the RISE programme, meaning that we can quickly identify areas of strengths and need. Using the RISE strategies, this provides a direct route map from assessment to strategies which can build children's resilience. 

The assessment consists of differentiated EYFS, Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2 versions. It can be used with an entire class at once and should take no more than 10-15 min to complete.

• Whole Class Resilience Profile. This gives you an overview of the resilience profile of your whole class, highlighting areas of strength and need to allow for effective planning of whole class resilience building activities.
• Individual Children’s Resilience Profiles. This provides a detailed look at individual children’s resilience profiles to identify their specific areas of strength and need, meaning we can provide effective targeting of individual support for vulnerable children.
• Grouping of Vulnerable Children. This shows you groupings of children who are vulnerable (i.e. score low) in any particular area of resilience, helping to organise small group support where capacity allows.

There is no limit on how often you use the RISE assessment, and it can be regularly completed with children to track progress over time and ensure that there are no significant vulnerabilities which may affect their mental health and wellbeing.

If you're just after an assessment of children's resilience and wellbeing at this stage,  you can access the freely available RISE Assessment here.