Monash Youth Resilience Partnership 2017

Monash Youth Resilience Survey

In 2017 Gateway LLEN partnered with Monash Waverley School Focused Youth Service to deliver the Youth Resilience Survey to primary and secondary schools in the Monash LGA.

In March-April over 10,000 students from 32 schools were surveyed. Overall, the results indicate the Monash young people have higher levels of resilience when compared to national data. 51.5% of Monash young people have ‘good/excellent’ levels of resilience (49% National average) and 48.5% indicate ‘low/fair’ levels (51% National average).

Key strengths identified

90% of students feel safe at home
89% of students feel connected to school
90% of students are engaged in the learning process
90% of parents try to help their children to succeed
90% of students think it is important to help others
91% of students value diversity

Key challenges identified

36% of students are losing sleep through worry
59% of students text between 10pm and 6pm
44% of students are not getting 8 hours sleep
41% of students do not feel in control of their lives
37% do not feel optimistic about their future
37% are constantly under strain

Gateway LLEN and its contributing partners are currently providing participating schools with the opportunity to identify cohorts at risk and develop and implement strategic and practical initatives to counter those risk factors.

We have summarised the 2017 data and developed an overall Snapshot, as well as a series of Year level Profiles from Year 5 & 6 – Year 12. These are available to download below.

For further information on the Monash Resilience Youth survey, contact Bianca Spence, Project Officer at Gateway LLEN bspence@gatewayllen.com.au or 9285 4844

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