Resilience Pupil Leaflet - ELSA Support

Our Building Resilience pupil leaflet is designed to help children develop the skills and habits needed to bounce back from challenges. Perfect for pupils in primary school, this engaging tri-fold leaflet explains what resilience is, why it matters, and offers practical tips they can try each day to build their confidence and strength.  Ideal for classroom use, social-emotional learning support, or for parents looking to encourage resilience at home!
Inside the Building Resilience Pupil Leaflet:

What is Resilience?
This section introduces resilience as the ability to “bounce back” from tough situations. It explains resilience in simple, relatable language, helping children understand that being resilient means staying strong and positive when things get challenging.

Why is it Important?
Here, pupils learn why resilience matters in everyday life.

Building Resilience
This section provides practical tips and strategies children can use to start building resilience.

Positive Habits
This section introduces a list of positive habits that can make resilience part of a pupil’s daily routine.

Reflecting on Resilience
The final section encourages pupils to think back and reflect on previous challenges.

There is an editable part for you to put your contact details or just your name. Simply type in the blue box. Don’t worry the blue box doesn’t show when you print. You can of course just print it and handwrite your details.

There is a leaflet holder included in the pack which you can use to display your leaflets on the wall. There is also a BLACK AND WHITE version of the leaflet included in the pack. Some children might like to colour in the black and white version as you chat.
Important information

This  Building Resilience pupil leaflet is meant to be used as part of ELSA Sessions or some other therapeutic session and shouldn’t just be given out to children without some input. Please DO NOT just give these out without that important input. They are purely reminders for the pupil to take away and for parents to get involved.

It is your responsibility to decide whether the information in this leaflet will be helpful to your pupils.

Under our terms and conditions these leaflets must not be put onto school websites.

They are for printing and giving to pupils at the end of a session or you could use them as a basis for your session. Work through each part with the pupil.