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Dr Michael E. Bernard
Dr Michael Bernard, PhD is an international consultant to universities, corporate and not-for-profit organisations, educational authorities and governments.
He is the founder of You Can Do It! Education, a program for promoting student social-emotional wellbeing and achievement that is being used in thousands of schools in Australia and overseas. He received his doctorate in educational psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Michael has worked closely with children of all ages and their families while counselling at one of Melbourne’s leading private schools. He was the first sports psychologist of the Collingwood Football Club.
Over the past decade, Michael has focused on designing and conducting high performance and resilience professional development programs. He is the author of over 50 books, 20 book chapters, and 30 journal articles in areas associated with peak performance, resilience, parenting, mental health and school improvement.
Professional Development eLearning
E1. Social-Emotional Learning for All. Best Practice of You Can Do It! Education
Professor Michael Bernard explains the best way to implement YCDI! Education, including how to use our online curricula and integrate SEL in classrooms and school-wide.
Individuals can complete this 9-module, 4-hour eLearning course with an accompanying 100+ page digital guide in more than one sitting.
For new and experienced teachers, this course gives the best practice for teaching YCDI! Education.
E2. The Resilient Educator
This 4-module eLearning course, with an accompanying 35-page digital guide, will
1. strengthen participants’ social-emotional capabilities, and
2. ‘acquaint’ and personalise participants with the attitudes and social-emotional skills teachers present to students as they employ social-emotional programs like Program Achieve.
