Had a fabulous visit from the Elementary School Counselor at Chinese International School Hong Kong. They have embarked on a whole school training of their faculty for embedding Positive Psychology in their school:

This academic year, CIS has incorporated “positive education” formally into its community, with initiatives involving its entire staff. “We see positive education as a whole school initiative. In fact, the curiosity and the demand of the staff to get on board created the climate for moving ahead with this initiative,” says headmaster, Dr Theodore Faunce, who “does not perceive academic excellence as sole evidence of student success”.

CIS staff are being trained in the principles and practices of positive education and understanding how to coach students in “meta-thinking”: self-identity, self-awareness, and ways in which they can better understand their own emotional landscape.

For training, they turne to Professor Lea Waters of the University of Melbourne. This video below features her speaking on Growing Brains: Capacity, Intelligence and Resilience as part of the Festival of Ideas. She begins speaking at 28 minutes on Mental Health for young children. 

Unfortunately, the school website offers little insight to actually waht they are doing. They do have a great list of resources avaiable. Their faculty are constantly adding to it.