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Developing Physical and Mental Health Through Outdoor Adventure
TrainingThe Ultimate Mind & Body WorkoutThe Ultimate Mind & Body Workout
Glengarry: Kangaroo Valley. Glengarry: Kangaroo Valley. NSWNSW
Kangaroo Valley
Presentation OverviewPresentation Overview
• Overview of outdoor Overview of outdoor adventure training & it adventure training & it connection with connection with physical and mental physical and mental health.health.
• Current state of play Current state of play with “Generation Y”.with “Generation Y”.
• Influential theories that Influential theories that are guiding current are guiding current practice: Positive practice: Positive Psychology Movement.Psychology Movement.
• Sport psychology and Sport psychology and adventure training.adventure training.
• 7 Habits of Highly 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers in Effective Teenagers in the outdoors. Building the outdoors. Building physical & mental skills physical & mental skills for life.for life.
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Resilience In Today’s YouthResilience In Today’s Youth
• There is an ever There is an ever increasing body of increasing body of evidence from many evidence from many disciplines that suggests disciplines that suggests that today’s young that today’s young people are less resilient. people are less resilient. (Noble, 2007)(Noble, 2007)
• As a result many of our As a result many of our youth are struggling:youth are struggling:– Episodes of depression, Episodes of depression,
suicide, self-harm, violence suicide, self-harm, violence and problematic substance and problematic substance abuse are increasing.abuse are increasing.
The Outcome Of Less The Outcome Of Less ResilienceResilience
• 9% of students have had a 9% of students have had a depressive episode by the depressive episode by the end of primary school.end of primary school.
• 15-20% of students have 15-20% of students have had depression while at had depression while at high school. high school. (Relivich & Seligman 2003).(Relivich & Seligman 2003).
• 250,000 depression 250,000 depression prescriptions were written prescriptions were written for students in 2003. When for students in 2003. When included with adult rates, included with adult rates, this costs our economy 3.3 this costs our economy 3.3 billion dollars annuallybillion dollars annually
(Beyond (Beyond Blue, 2005).Blue, 2005).
• Alarmingly mental illnesses Alarmingly mental illnesses are becoming more are becoming more prevalent in people at prevalent in people at younger ages. younger ages.
(Pryor, Carpenter & Townsend, 2005)(Pryor, Carpenter & Townsend, 2005)
• Accompanying this our Accompanying this our suicide rates are some of suicide rates are some of the highest in the world.the highest in the world. Stephanie Gestier and Jodie Gater, both 16,
entered into a suicide pact in 2007 in Melbourne.
What Has Happened To The What Has Happened To The Resilience Of Our Young People?Resilience Of Our Young People?
1.1. Lack of Lack of connectedness to connectedness to positive positive institutions. institutions.
2.2. An Increase in An Increase in blame culture.blame culture.
3.3. Back Firing Of Back Firing Of Self-esteem. Self-esteem.
4.4. Not taking time to Not taking time to enjoy each day.enjoy each day.
(Noble, 2003)
Research has identified 4 key reasons for this loss of youth resilience.Research has identified 4 key reasons for this loss of youth resilience.
I believe the fitness and outdoor I believe the fitness and outdoor industry can have a role to play!industry can have a role to play!
What The Latest Research Is What The Latest Research Is Saying!Saying!
Foundation For My Foundation For My TeachingTeaching
• I would like to highlight I would like to highlight several pieces of literature several pieces of literature that have helped shape that have helped shape my current thinking on my current thinking on outdoor adventure and outdoor adventure and future directions for future directions for programming. programming.
Recent developments in the field of psychology, however, have Recent developments in the field of psychology, however, have
begun to suggest the adoption of a new paradigm referred to as begun to suggest the adoption of a new paradigm referred to as
positive psychology. Positive psychology has as its goal the fostering positive psychology. Positive psychology has as its goal the fostering
of excellence through the understanding and enhancement of factors of excellence through the understanding and enhancement of factors
leading to growth. Some of these factors include positive emotions, leading to growth. Some of these factors include positive emotions,
positive individual traits, and pro-social attitudes. Rather than focus positive individual traits, and pro-social attitudes. Rather than focus
on deficits, positive psychology examines these positive traits and on deficits, positive psychology examines these positive traits and
attributes, with an eye toward strengthening them or facilitating their attributes, with an eye toward strengthening them or facilitating their
development in clients. These traits are critically important, as they development in clients. These traits are critically important, as they
can lead to the development of stable personality and physical states can lead to the development of stable personality and physical states
like resiliency, optimism, and even better, physical health over time. like resiliency, optimism, and even better, physical health over time.
Instead of focusing on decreasing negative symptoms in therapy, a Instead of focusing on decreasing negative symptoms in therapy, a
positive psychology approach would focus more on enhancing client positive psychology approach would focus more on enhancing client
strengths. strengths.
Positive Positive PsychologyPsychology Outdoor Outdoor
EducationEducation
Outdoor Outdoor EducationEducation
Outdoor Outdoor EducationEducation
Outdoor Outdoor EducationEducation
Positive PsychologyPositive Psychology A Potential Model To Incorporate IntoA Potential Model To Incorporate Into Outdoor Education / Fitness Industry Outdoor Education / Fitness Industry
www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu
Dr Martin Seligman
““Raising children I Raising children I realized, is vastly more realized, is vastly more than fixing what is than fixing what is wrong with them. It is wrong with them. It is about identifying and about identifying and nurturing their nurturing their strongest qualities, strongest qualities, what they own and are what they own and are best at, and helping best at, and helping them find niches in them find niches in which they can best live which they can best live out these strengths”.out these strengths”.
(Seligman(Seligman, 2000), 2000)
Promoting Buffers Against Mental Promoting Buffers Against Mental Illness Illness
• We have discovered We have discovered that there is a set of that there is a set of human strengths that human strengths that are the most likely are the most likely buffers against mental buffers against mental illness: courage, illness: courage, optimism, optimism, interpersonal skill, interpersonal skill, work ethic, hope, work ethic, hope, honesty and honesty and perseverance. perseverance.
• Much of the task of Much of the task of prevention will be to prevention will be to create a science of create a science of human strength whose human strength whose mission will be to foster mission will be to foster these virtues in young these virtues in young people. people.
(Seligman, 1998).(Seligman, 1998).
suggest that school and community outdoor education programs can work towards the enhancement of the health and wellbeing of individuals, families, communities; thereby working to prevent the onset or establishment of ill health or ineffective life practices.
HEALTH PROMOTION IN OUTDOOR EDUCATIONHEALTH PROMOTION IN OUTDOOR EDUCATION
Positive Prevention Strategies Requires A New Positive Prevention Strategies Requires A New Direction In Programming & FacilitationDirection In Programming & Facilitation
TO TO CHANGECHANGE ANTICIPATED OUTCOMESANTICIPATED OUTCOMES PROGRAM TYPEPROGRAM TYPE
FeelingsNew skills, energy,
enjoyment, funRecreational
ThinkingNew knowledge, attitude,
awarenessEducational
BehaviourNew ways to act & increase
functionDevelopmental
Misbehaviour
New ways to cope & decrease dysfunction
Therapeutic
Outdoor Education
Matching program type with change requirements. (Priest, 1996, p.23)
Helping Athletes Achieve Their Helping Athletes Achieve Their BestBest
Outdoor Education & Sport Outdoor Education & Sport PsychologyPsychology
NSW Netball Team Undergoing Outdoor Training In Preparation For Their National Championships
• No cabins, no tentsNo cabins, no tents• Only a big tarp Only a big tarp to sleep to sleep
under. We thought we under. We thought we would be sleeping in cabins!would be sleeping in cabins!
• Showers from a billyShowers from a billy. “We . “We stank so bad!”stank so bad!”
• Then we had to cThen we had to cook & ook & ccleanlean..
• By the time we got to bed it By the time we got to bed it was midnight.was midnight.
• This was all about learning This was all about learning to deal to deal with the unexpectedwith the unexpected situations that may occur in situations that may occur in sport and being ready to sport and being ready to deal with them!deal with them!
Upon Return To Camp Upon Return To Camp The Pressure ContinuedThe Pressure Continued
“Why did we have to come all the way up here to sort this out?”
5.30am The bagpipe alarm clock5.30am The bagpipe alarm clock sounded sounded
We are behind and we’re in a hole. Remember how we worked together to get out of that cave. We can
do the same here. “1, 2, 3, out of this hole”.
Profoundly Life Changing Profoundly Life Changing Read!Read!
The 7 HabitsThe 7 HabitsOverviewOverview
Habit 1 Be Proactive Habit 1 Be Proactive Overview Overview
• A proactive person:A proactive person:– Can choose their attitude Can choose their attitude
to lifeto life– Is responsible for their own Is responsible for their own
happiness.happiness.– Controls the things in their Controls the things in their
life that they can control, life that they can control, and forgets about the and forgets about the uncontrollable. uncontrollable.
– Overcomes setbacks Overcomes setbacks through proactive thinking through proactive thinking & action.& action.
– Strives to be a change Strives to be a change agent through proactive agent through proactive actions.actions.
– Makes life happen to them Makes life happen to them rather than being a rather than being a passenger.passenger.
– Makes smarter decisions. Makes smarter decisions. Pushes pause before Pushes pause before acting!acting!
Is all about taking control of your life! It means that you Is all about taking control of your life! It means that you choose to act deliberately and take responsibility for your choose to act deliberately and take responsibility for your actions and your life’s direction.actions and your life’s direction.
Self-Awareness: Self-Awareness: Am I a Positive or Negative Am I a Positive or Negative
Thinker?Thinker?• Monitoring self-talk on a tough Monitoring self-talk on a tough
expedition. Every hour or during expedition. Every hour or during stops, or at places dictated by stops, or at places dictated by the terrain that could provide “a the terrain that could provide “a teachable moment” have teachable moment” have students complete a self-check students complete a self-check for a few minutes evaluating the for a few minutes evaluating the following:following:– Self-talkSelf-talk– Talk with othersTalk with others– Body languageBody language– Enthusiasm levels at different Enthusiasm levels at different
spots during the trip. spots during the trip. • At a scheduled stop have At a scheduled stop have
students document their students document their thoughts in a rite-in-the-rain thoughts in a rite-in-the-rain journal.journal.
• Evaluate this around the fire at Evaluate this around the fire at night. This leads to a tutorial on night. This leads to a tutorial on positive – negative self-talk.positive – negative self-talk.
What do I see when I look inside myself? Do I like what I see? All Change has to begin from within!
Positive or Negative TrackerPositive or Negative Tracker
• What Kind Of Tracker are What Kind Of Tracker are you? you?
• This activity links to the This activity links to the monitoring of self-talk monitoring of self-talk during an expedition.during an expedition.
• Around the fire students Around the fire students complete the tracker complete the tracker questionnaire and calculate questionnaire and calculate the kind of “Tracker” they the kind of “Tracker” they are.are.
• Facilitation can involve Facilitation can involve partner sharing of results. partner sharing of results. Then a discussion on how Then a discussion on how we can be more positive in we can be more positive in our daily lives.our daily lives.
TrackerVideo
Make Your Own Weather!Make Your Own Weather!We have the ability to see sunshine even We have the ability to see sunshine even when we are surrounded by storms! Its all when we are surrounded by storms! Its all
about attitude!about attitude!
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Habit 2: Begin With The End In Mind Habit 2: Begin With The End In Mind OverviewOverview
• Deals with developing Deals with developing a clear picture of who a clear picture of who you want to be and you want to be and what you want to what you want to accomplish in your life. accomplish in your life.
• What are your values?What are your values?• What is your mission?What is your mission?• What are your goals?What are your goals?
– How to set themHow to set them– Systems to support your Systems to support your
goalsgoals• Identifying your Identifying your
talents and developing talents and developing them through out your them through out your life.life.
• Making your life Making your life extraordinary!extraordinary!
Where do we want to go in Where do we want to go in life? We better draw a map life? We better draw a map to get there”.to get there”.
How Can A Mission Help Your How Can A Mission Help Your Life Be Extraordinary?Life Be Extraordinary?
• Since your destiny is Since your destiny is yet to be determined, yet to be determined, why not make it why not make it extraordinary and extraordinary and leave a lasting legacy.leave a lasting legacy.
• A great way to think A great way to think about life is to fast about life is to fast track ahead 70+ years track ahead 70+ years and imagine what and imagine what people would say people would say about you at the end about you at the end of your life.of your life.
• What would they say?What would they say?• Now during your mini Now during your mini
solo let’s write down solo let’s write down what they would say what they would say about you! Write your about you! Write your own obituary!own obituary!
Dead Poets1:45
Peter Weir a Scots Old Boy
Paint Your Own MasterpiecePaint Your Own Masterpiece
Mission Statements: Single Mission Statements: Single SentenceSentence
Setting Setting GoalsGoals
1.1. Count The CostCount The Cost
2.2. Put It To PenPut It To Pen
3.3. Just Do ItJust Do It
4.4. Use Momentous Use Momentous MomentsMoments
5.5. Rope UpRope Up
Steps That I Need To Take To Help Me Live My Life’s Mission
Climbing Wall Traverse: A Climbing Wall Traverse: A Metaphor For Attitude & Metaphor For Attitude & Persistence In LifePersistence In Life
• Goal Setting: I use a climbing Goal Setting: I use a climbing wall to introduce goal setting wall to introduce goal setting and the concept of persistence and the concept of persistence to reach your goals. to reach your goals.
• Attempt a traverse across the Attempt a traverse across the wall. wall.
• Identify your weakness and Identify your weakness and strengths. Improve your strengths. Improve your weaknesses and call on your weaknesses and call on your strengths to better your-self.strengths to better your-self.
• Now they can transfer this new Now they can transfer this new skill to setting goals for others skill to setting goals for others areas of their lives. areas of their lives.
• Link this activity to a Link this activity to a concluding session where they concluding session where they can set some tangible goals can set some tangible goals that they can pursue after the that they can pursue after the program.program.
Goal example
Step 5: Roping Step 5: Roping UpUp
• Climbers rely on each other for Climbers rely on each other for safety, motivation & support. safety, motivation & support. The rope bonds them and keeps The rope bonds them and keeps them together in their common them together in their common quest!quest!
• They are also there to support They are also there to support you if & when you fall!you if & when you fall!
• When you set goals, “rope up” When you set goals, “rope up” with someone else with a with someone else with a similar vision or motivation for similar vision or motivation for life. life.
• In real life if you rope up with In real life if you rope up with someone or a group; your someone or a group; your energies and enthusiasm will energies and enthusiasm will drive each other to success.drive each other to success.
• You will also have people to You will also have people to support you through the hard support you through the hard times along your journey to times along your journey to success, which are naturally success, which are naturally part of life!part of life!
Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 3: Put First Things First OverviewOverview
• Identifying the Identifying the important things in important things in your life. The BIG your life. The BIG ROCKS.ROCKS.
• Prioritising your life Prioritising your life and managing your and managing your time.time.
• Recognising your time Recognising your time /organisational style./organisational style.
• Don’t let fear control Don’t let fear control your life and make your life and make your decisions.your decisions.
• Comfort zones – Comfort zones – Courage Zones. Courage Zones.
Teaching Teens To Prioritise Their Teaching Teens To Prioritise Their TimeTime
• Many of you will know that Many of you will know that teens are classic teens are classic procrastinators, time procrastinators, time wasters, and poor planners.wasters, and poor planners.
• Often they have never Often they have never been shown how to been shown how to organise themselves organise themselves effectively!effectively!
Pack My Pack Empty Out The Tent
Dress in my hike gear
Teaching Teens To Prioritise Their Time: A Campsite Teaching Teens To Prioritise Their Time: A Campsite Example!Example!
Identify the key roles you have at camp this morning. What “Big Rock” issues do you need to achieve in order to leave at the scheduled time? EG:
Role: Personal Organisation
Big Rock: Dress in my hike gear
Big Rock: Empty Out The Tent
Big Rock: Pack my pack
Big Rock: Finalise pack to leave
Role: Tent Mate
Big Rock: Clean inside of tent.
Big Rock: Help pack the tent up.
Big Rock: Tidy area around tent
Role: Part of Food Group
Big Rock: Prepare & eat B’fast
Big Rock: Wash up & clean
Big Rock: Filter Water for day
Role: Navigator
Big Rock: Plan out hike route
Big Rock: Discuss hazard potential
Role: Environment Carer
Big Rock: Rubbish check of camp
Leave On Time & Learn Life Planning Skills at Leave On Time & Learn Life Planning Skills at the same time!the same time!
Identify the key roles in your life. What “Big Rock” issue do you need to achieve this week under this role heading. EG:
Role: Student
Big Rock: History Test Wed
Big Rock: Maths: 13.2 –14.9 Fri
Big Rock: Science assn due Wed
Role: Athlete
Big Rock: Training Tues, Thur
Big Rock: Weights Mon Wed Fri
Big Rock: Game Saturday
Role: Son
Big Rock: Family Dinner Sun PM
Big Rock: Do chores help mum.
Big Rock:
Role: Friend
Big Rock: Movie Sat PM mates
Big Rock: DofE planning for silver
Big Rock:
Role: Boy Friend of Jess
Big Rock: Phone her after h/work
Big Rock: Beach day Sun PM
Big Rock: Movie Sat night.
Courage ZoneCourage Zone
• As well as As well as prioritising the Big prioritising the Big Rocks in our lives, Rocks in our lives, Habit 3 also Habit 3 also teaches us about teaches us about putting us first putting us first ahead of our fears!ahead of our fears!
• Putting first things Putting first things first will often first will often cause you to cause you to stretch outside stretch outside your comfort zone.your comfort zone.
The Fear Factor: Are your fears controlling your The Fear Factor: Are your fears controlling your destiny?destiny?
• It could be argued that fear It could be argued that fear is one of the worst is one of the worst emotions that people can emotions that people can possess because of its possess because of its ability to hold us back in ability to hold us back in life.life.
• Fear can paralyse us, Fear can paralyse us, limiting our achievements limiting our achievements and reducing enjoyment in and reducing enjoyment in our lives.our lives.
• Outdoor Education has the Outdoor Education has the ability to help students ability to help students recognise that fear is recognise that fear is normal and part of life.normal and part of life.
• We can then give We can then give participants opportunities participants opportunities to face these fears, learning to face these fears, learning skills to push on into their skills to push on into their courage zone!courage zone!
Okay: Now Lets All Experience Okay: Now Lets All Experience The Fear FactorThe Fear Factor• I need a volunteerI need a volunteer• Now we are going to Now we are going to
take a look at the DVD take a look at the DVD clip. clip.
• Can you move like an Can you move like an emu?emu?
• Now I want you to Now I want you to monitor your self talk, monitor your self talk, your thoughts, your your thoughts, your muscle tightness, your muscle tightness, your belief in yourself.belief in yourself.
• How are you feeling How are you feeling right now?right now?
RememberRememberThe key to overcoming our The key to overcoming our fears is to fears is to worry less about worry less about failing, and more about the failing, and more about the chances we miss when we chances we miss when we don’t even try.don’t even try.
ImageryImagery: See your fear & how you might react and see yourself rehearsing a more positive outcome.
Positive Self Positive Self TalkTalk: Monitor the dialogue in your mind. Monitor the volume of your negative voice. If you hear yourself saying you CAN’T DO IT. Turn down the volume on this negative tone, and turn up the positive voice.
CenteringCentering: Deep breaths with an accompanying release of tension. Can be accompanied by positive self-talk or cue words.
Performance PlanPerformance Plan: Come up with a performance plan (game plan) where your performance has been written down and rehearsed many times before you have to do it right!
What could What could you do to feel you do to feel the fear and the fear and
enter my enter my courage zone courage zone
anyway?anyway?
Cue WordsCue Words: Have a phrase that cues you into the things you need to attentive to; Relax, lift, you can do it! Believe in yourself!
Habit 6: Synergise OverviewHabit 6: Synergise Overview
• Habit 6 is about Habit 6 is about knowing that two knowing that two or more people can or more people can work together to work together to create better create better solutions than any solutions than any one of them could one of them could alone.alone.
• Flow activities to Flow activities to promote synergy.promote synergy.
Entrance to B 31 Argyle Entrance to B 31 Argyle CaveCave
The SqueezeThe Squeeze
Synergy In The CaveSynergy In The Cave
Lights Out & Work To Get Out Of The Lights Out & Work To Get Out Of The CaveCave
Synergising With Synergising With My Peers: My Peers:
Focussing on Focussing on things within our things within our
control.control.
Rogaining Rogaining To SynergyTo Synergy
• Students Navigate Students Navigate along 4 WD trails along 4 WD trails where they have where they have hiked before.hiked before.
• Each group has a Each group has a radio.radio.
• The physical & The physical & psychological psychological stresses are super stresses are super challenging.challenging.
• The only way to The only way to succeed is to work succeed is to work together in together in SYNERGY!SYNERGY!
24hrDebrief
• I am sure all of us at I am sure all of us at one time or another one time or another have the feeling that have the feeling that our life is out of our life is out of control. We feel:control. We feel:– Out of balanceOut of balance– Stressed outStressed out– Empty on the insideEmpty on the inside
• Habit 7 is designed to Habit 7 is designed to reacquaint us with the reacquaint us with the concept of renewing concept of renewing our lives.our lives.
• Why is it called Why is it called “Sharpen The Saw”?“Sharpen The Saw”?
Habit 7: Sharpen The Saw: Habit 7: Sharpen The Saw: Renewing Ourselves. It is “Me” Renewing Ourselves. It is “Me”
TimeTime
Heart
Four Dimensions of Sharpening The Four Dimensions of Sharpening The SawSaw
Body
Brain
Soul
Why is Balance so Why is Balance so Important?Important?
• To perform at your peak you To perform at your peak you need to strive for a balance need to strive for a balance in all four dimensions.in all four dimensions.
• Balance is important Balance is important because what we do in one because what we do in one dimension will affect the dimension will affect the other dimensions.other dimensions.
• When we look at the When we look at the statistics from the beginning statistics from the beginning of this session many of our of this session many of our teens lives are out of teens lives are out of balance. balance.
• The outdoors can be a real The outdoors can be a real healing place, restoring healing place, restoring balance and perspective to balance and perspective to our clients.our clients.
• This however can be This however can be enhanced through planning enhanced through planning and facilitation of activities and facilitation of activities that target “Balance” that target “Balance” specifically.specifically.
Developing The PhysicalDeveloping The Physical
Opportunities To Grow Through Opportunities To Grow Through SportSport
Social Endurance EventsSocial Endurance EventsForm teams to goal set, train together, compete together!
Taking Time To StopInspirational Places For Inspirational Inspirational Places For Inspirational
ReflectionReflection
Meditation Visualisation
Mental Preparation For Sport or Life
What Possibilities Does This Open Up What Possibilities Does This Open Up For The Fitness Industry?For The Fitness Industry?
• Holistic mind body Holistic mind body training.training.– Whether utilising the Whether utilising the
outdoors or not, outdoors or not, practitioners have the ability practitioners have the ability to train their clients minds to train their clients minds as well as their bodies as well as their bodies through facilitated learning through facilitated learning modules or when teachable modules or when teachable moments arise!moments arise!
• Organise your clients to Organise your clients to try something different.try something different.– Mountain biking relay 4-Mountain biking relay 4-
24hours.24hours.– 24 hour walking or jogging 24 hour walking or jogging
relay.relay.– Multi-sport relayMulti-sport relay– Team orienteering or Team orienteering or
rogaining.rogaining.• A day at the cliffs climbingA day at the cliffs climbing• Then mountaineering in Then mountaineering in
NZNZ
Health Promotion MarketingHealth Promotion Marketing• How do we stand out in
the crowd? • Value added
programming. • Marketing your business
as a health and wellbeing ally of individuals, families, communities. This could open up a whole new world of clientele.
• Another possibility: Creating partnerships with school counselors to develop programs and activities that promote resilience and positive psychology using the outdoors or fitness facility as the delivery mode.
