ABSTRACT
The ways in which all people, both children and adults, cope with change is an important component of mental health. This capacity tends to be shaped by their own unique combination of nature, nurture and experience, and a resulting balance in our lives between both risk and resilience. For children who are more vulnerable and those who have experienced insecure attachments and lack of nurture in their early years, the change process can be more problematic. The students are asked to work together, either in pairs or as small groups, in order to consider each of the problems in turn and to try to work out what they would do in order to solve these problems. The facilitator can record the students' responses on the whiteboard or flipchart as appropriate and ensure that all students who want to have the opportunity to contribute their ideas, thoughts and feelings.
