The Get GRIT Program

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Get GRIT empowers kids with the knowledge and skills to maintain a healthy mind and positive well-being. The program uses evidence-based practices to teach your child how to master the skills needed to thrive, both now and for the rest of their lives.

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Get GRIT teaches children how to:

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• Manage their emotions,

• Enjoy healthy and positive relationships,

• Develop a growth mindset, 

• Be resilient,

• Persistent,

• Optimistic,

• Tackle life's challenges with grit and

• Reach their true potential.  

The word ‘grit’ is often used to describe resilience, perseverance and determination.  Get GRIT aims to develop grit and much more. GRIT is an acronym for Getting Along, Building Resilience, Identifying Emotions and Taking Responsibility. 

What Does a Kid with GRIT look like?

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• Kids with GRIT have a positive attitude and a growth mindset. They believe they can do anything they set their minds to.

• Kids with GRIT never give up.  They believe that challenges will make them smarter and they believe that mistakes are proof that they are trying. 

• Kids with GRIT are persistent and resilient.  They dream big and work hard towards making those dreams come true. 

• Kids with GRIT know that they are the boss of their thoughts and their feelings.  They manage their anger, frustrations and worries and bounce back from difficulties. 

• Kids with GRIT catch negative I Can’t thoughts that stop them enjoying their day and change them into positive I Can thoughts.

• Kids with GRIT maintain friendships by sharing, taking turns, and being honest and trustworthy- they don’t play to win the game but to win friendships. 

• Finally, kids with GRIT know how to stand up for themselves and are confident, courageous and brave.

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GRIT is an acronym for Getting Along, Building Resilience, Identifying Emotions and Taking Responsibility.  The four elements in the Get GRIT Program will teach your child the most important skills in life. 

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Getting Along

This element involves children learning the skills to get along with other people and better understand relationships.  By building positive relationships with others, children will be happier and more fulfilled and feel more supported and connected. 

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Children will learn how to:

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• Establish and build positive relationships

• Maintain friendships

• Work collaboratively

• Negotiate and resolve conflict

• Be assertive

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Building Resilience

This element involves children learning the skills to persevere in the face of setbacks and frustrations, to be grittier, more positive and optimistic.  Training children to be aware of their internal dialogue and their thinking patterns fosters resilience by helping them to better manage life’s inevitable disappointments.

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Children will learn how to:

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• Persevere to overcome frustrations

• Bounce back from adversities

• Recognise internal dialogue and positive self-talk

• Recognise how thoughts influence feelings and behaviour

• Change negative thoughts to positive thoughts

Identify Emotions

This element involves children developing awareness of their own emotions and others.  Self-awareness, the cornerstone of emotional intelligence, is the ability to recognise emotions and their impact on both yourself and others. Empathy builds on self-awareness and is a fundamental skill essential to successful relationships and interactions. 

Children will learn how to:

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• Recognise emotions

• Regulate and manage emotional responses

• Recognise personal qualities and achievements

• Manage anxiety

• Manage anger

• Understanding others emotional states and needs (empathy)

Take Responsibility

This element involves teaching children to take responsibility for their learning by developing a mindset of growth, persistence and optimism. Changing the way a child perceives their own abilities and potential can drastically improve their performance. Too often children live in the now rather than the yet and as a result they focus on their limitations rather than their potential.

Children will learn how to:

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• Develop a growth mindset

• Make positive and responsible decisions

• Develop self-discipline

• Set goals

• Take risks

We can help your child if they are experiencing :

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• Anxiety

• Difficulties understanding and managing emotions

• Low self-esteem and confidence

• Negative self-talk

• Fixed mindset

• Difficulties with social skills

• Difficulties making and keeping friends

• Dealing with grief, loss or trauma (including parent separation)

• Low self-efficacy

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