ABSTRACT
The impact of various different pieces of Government legislation and policy positioning, it was felt, did not do justice to the necessity of considering the impact on the resilience of children and young people. In education, mental toughness can be applied to all ages from pre-school through to higher education and evidence has shown significant relevance to outputs such as performance, behaviour, employ-ability, wellbeing, social behaviour, and completion of studies. However, mental toughness proved to do just that, and on the basis that it is definitively improving levels of resilience in young people, the authors sought to further embed the practice across youth work and education. The emerging field of education neuroscience represents opportunities as well as challenges for education; it provides means to develop a common language and bridge the gap between educators, psychologists, and neuroscientists.
