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School Workshops
on Body Confidence
We believe every young person deserves to grow up feeling confident about their appearance. That's why we developed Loving Me, Amazing Me, and Confident Me: evidence-based resources for educators.
Designed to promote adolescent body confidence, these free downloadable tools enable teachers and schools to run effective body-confidence workshops. These workshops help teachers and pupils explore how media-portrayed image ideals impact young people's self-esteem.
Low body confidence and self-esteem significantly affect young people's learning. Appearance anxiety is linked to poorer concentration and reduced class engagement, leading to worse academic performance. Globally, 8 out of 10 girls avoid important everyday activities, like engaging with friends, due to concerns about their looks.
Available as single- and five-session tools, these resources adapt to your timeframe and are proven to positively impact body confidence. Workshops explore how society, professional, and social media promote an unrealistic 'ideal' body, teaching strategies to protect and build self-confidence in themselves and others.
References:
The Dove Global Beauty and Confidence Report, 2016 (PDF)(1MB)
Reframing Beauty – Unlocking the Potential of Young Girls. Commissioned by Dove, 2014
Key Takeaways
Free, evidence-based tools: Access downloadable resources for teachers to conduct body-confidence workshops in schools.
Address media impact: Explore how media-portrayed image ideals affect young people's self-esteem and body image.
Improve academic performance: Understand how low body confidence can hinder learning and lead to poorer academic outcomes.
Boost participation: Help young girls overcome appearance anxiety that causes them to opt out of important everyday activities.
Flexible formats: Utilize proven single- or five-session tools designed to adapt to various timeframes.
Build self-confidence: Equip students with strategies to protect and build self-confidence against unrealistic beauty standards.
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Dove ages
Resources for Educators
4 to 6 Years
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School workshop: Loving MeThe Dove Self-Esteem Project and Blippi offer an educational program for children aged 4-6. This resource features upbeat videos and activities designed to build body confidence and help kids appreciate their unique bodies.
Resources for Educators
8 to 10 Years
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School workshop: Amazing MeBuilding body image and self-esteem is a journey for young people, shaped by their experiences. To support this, we've teamed up with Discovery Education and Psychologists and body image experts from Arizona State University to create Amazing Me, a free collection of classroom resources designed to boost confidence and teach self-esteem.
Resources for Educators
11 to 14 Years
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School workshop: Confident Me – single sessionThe workshops address society’s narrow ideals of appearance, media and social media pressures, body talk and social comparisons. These evidence-based strategies help build young peoples’ Body Confidence. -
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Confident Me - five sessionsOur Confident Me teaching materials explore influences on young people's body image and self-esteem. The workshops address the impact of society and social media on appearance ideals, whilst giving you strategies to boost young peoples' confidence. -
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Confident Me - six sessionsDiscover how our Confident Me resources help build self-esteem in schools. -
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Confident Me - training videosFind out more about how to present our Confident Me workshops.