RESCON – Innovative methods to support Resilience and Self-Confidence by Children Erasmus Project

Project Title

RESCON – Innovative methods to support Resilience and Self-Confidence by Children

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

When we have confidence in our abilities, it helps us to respond to problems with resilience. This “I can do it” attitude motivates us to keep trying even when things are difficult. If we keep trying, our efforts are more likely to pay off and we feel a sense of accomplishment.
We start to develop confidence in our ability to make things happen very early in life. When babies cry and their parents respond, they begin to learn they have some control over their environment. They develop a sense of security and learn to trust that their parents will take care of their needs. As they grow, this security and trust allows children to feel safe enough to explore their environment.

Resilience makes a big difference in people’s lives. People who respond to hardships with resilience are:
• healthier and live longer
• happier in their relationships
• more successful in school and work
• less likely to get depressed

We are born with the capacity for resilience. But resilience is not something we have or don’t have. We work on it throughout our lives. And we need to start as early as possible. Teachers and parents are the most important people to help build children’s resilience. Children learn a lot by watching their parents, but also in early childhood care centers and schools. When teachers and parents cope well with everyday stress, they are showing their children how to do the same.

RESCON has been developed to support teachers with a review of good practices on designing resilience and confidence tools for children in early and primary education. It will also contain a literature review and a special training for 35 teachers to be held in Italy by the Italian partner, “Emotional Training Center”.

The main target group of the RESCON project will be the teachers. Secondary target groups are parents and children. After collecting good practices and holding the training for the teachers, in every partner country, informative seminars will be held for parents, informing them about the outcomes of the project, the importance of resilience and confidence for their children and how to support them.

Research tells us that it’s not rugged self-reliance, determination or inner strength that leads kids through adversity, but the reliable presence of at least one supportive relationship. In the context of a loving relationship with a caring adult, children have the opportunity to develop vital coping skills. 

Anyone in the life of a child can make a difference – family, teachers, coaches – anyone.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 80190 Eur

Project Coordinator

KINDERBETREUUNGSEINRICHTUNG /KINDERVILLA & Country: AT

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
• Emotional Training Center
• Canik Ilce Milli Egitim Mudurlugu
• Vrije basisschool Sint-Paulus