Table 1.

Overview of the ‘Making Connections’ program lessons.

Lesson	Content
1.Connections to feelings	Introductions, emotions and their triggers. Using games for teamwork skills.
2.Connections to Friends	Fostering positive peer relationships by investigating unequal power dynamics in relationships, the experience of multiple or mixed emotions, and hidden emotions (emotional layering). A focus on friendship and peer support via acts of kindness.
3.Connections to strengths from People and Country	Valuing and sharing the strengths learnt from my people and culture. Exploring leadership through cultural role-models. Considering the strengths of trust and courage in peer support and help-seeking.
4.Connections to strengths in friendship	Sharing strengths learnt from my relationship with country. Drawing on strengths when dealing everyday challenges. Strength of teamwork in friendship. Empathy. Connecting valued strengths from country to actions in friendships.
5.Connections to strong ways of coping	Talking about helpful and harmful coping strategies. Sharing productive coping strategies for use in different situations. Using coping strategies to deal with homesickness. Sharing about how to use music to cheer up or to calm down.
6.Connections to clear mind in choices	Focusing on problem-solving strategies to use in relation to common scenarios. Skills for cooperation and communication in problem-solving with peers.
7.Connections to the coach in the head	How to use positive self-talk when dealing with negative thoughts, emotions and events. Using cultural and personal strengths for positive self-talk.
8.Connections to calm mind and body	Sharing stress management and self-calming techniques, such as muscle relaxation, breathing techniques, exercise and listening to music.
9.Connections for friends in hard times	Talking about how to provide peer support when people are in tough times. Thinking through when to call on adults to help support troubled peers.
10.Connections to help in tough times	Practicing help-seeking conversations for self and others. Identifying supports to turn to for help. Feedback and advice for improving the program.