Get GRIT

Get GRIT is the world's first social-emotional skills journal that empowers kids with the knowledge and skills to maintain strong mind and emotional well-being. Get GRIT's self-guided journal teaches children how to develop a growth mindset, how to enjoy healthy and positive relationships, how to manage their emotions, how to be resilient, persistent, to tackle life's challenges with grit and how to reach their true potential.

Kids can do amazing things with the right information. Get GRIT empowers kids with the knowledge and skills to maintain a healthy mind and a positive well-being.

How does the Get GRIT Journal work?

As a parent, the Get GRIT Journal will provide you with the tools to better connect with your child and teach life-long skills which will serve them in every area of their life. Children are encouraged to meet each week with a journal mate (parent, grandparent or friend), who they can share their journaling experience with. The role of the journal mate is to listen, to share experiences, and to guide the child through each lesson. The child's age and ability will determine the level of scaffolding required from their journal mate. The journal is not about a child's reading and writing skills but about nurturing strong mental health and well-being by empowering children to be resilient, to enjoy healthy and positive relationships, to tackle life's challenges with grit and to reach their true potential. Get GRIT is about learning the most important skills in life.

About the Journal

The word 'grit' is often used to describe resilience, perseverance and determination. Get GRIT aims to develop grit and much more. GRIT is an acronym for Getting Along, Building Resilience, Identifying Emotions and Taking Responsibility.

The journal consists of 10 lessons that teach participants how to:

Get Along

• Establish and build positive relationships
• Maintain friendships
• Work collaboratively
• Negotiate and resolve conflict
• Be friendly and kind
• Stand up to bullies and be assertive
  
  Build Resilience
• Persevere to overcome frustrations
• Bounce back from adversities
• Recognise the importance of their internal dialogue
• Recognise how thoughts influence feelings and behaviour
  
  Identify Emotions
• Identify and recognise emotions
• Regulate and manage emotional responses
• Strategies to manage anxiety and anger
• Understand others' emotional states and needs (empathy)
  
  Take Responsibility
• Develop a growth mind-set
• Make positive and responsible decisions
• Develop self-discipline
• Set goals
• Take risks