IFDP Confident Minds – International Institute for Adults Learning

About Course

The IFDP Confident Minds helps children and young people aged 6 to 18 build the skills to manage worry, stress and big emotions. Through six interactive modules, learners discover how their mind and body respond to feelings and practise simple tools to feel calmer and more confident.

Younger children (6 to 11) work through the course with a parent or carer, using the family activities in each module. Young people (12 to 18) can complete it independently, with a short parent guide at the end of each module so families can support practice at home.

The programme builds resilience, emotional regulation, healthy thinking and confidence. It is a wellbeing course, not a treatment. Each module explains when and how to seek further help from a trusted adult, school, GP or specialist service.

Course Objectives

By completing this course, learners will be able to:

Recognise and name a range of emotions
Understand how worry and stress affect the mind and body
Use breathing, grounding and relaxation techniques to feel calm
Notice unhelpful thoughts and replace them with balanced ones
Face worries step by step and build confidence
Build a personal resilience toolkit and support network
Know when and how to ask for further help

Supporting Families. Strengthening Communities. Shaping Futures.

Course Content

Module 1: Understanding My Feelings
Meet your guides, learn that every feeling has a job, find the right words for feelings, notice where they show up in your body, and set your goals.

Lesson 1.1: Welcome to Confident Minds
Lesson 1.2: All Feelings Are Okay
Lesson 1.3: Naming My Feelings
Lesson 1.4: Where I Feel It in My Body
Lesson 1.5: My Starting Point and Goals
Lesson 1.6: Parent Guide – Talking About Feelings
Module 1 Check-in: Understanding My Feelings

Module 2: How Worry and Stress Work
Meet your brain's alarm system, discover fight, flight and freeze, learn how worry grows, and map your own warning signs.

Module 3: Calming My Body
Practise breathing, grounding, muscle relaxation and mindful moments, then build your own calm plan for home and school.

Module 4: Helpful Thinking
Discover how thoughts, feelings and actions connect, spot thinking traps, become a thought detective, and learn to be your own coach.

Module 5: Facing Fears and Building Brave
Learn why small brave steps shrink worry, build a brave ladder, solve problems, bounce back from setbacks and recognise your strengths.

Module 6: My Confident Minds Toolkit
Bring it all together: healthy habits, your support team, a plan for tough times, your personal wellbeing plan, and knowing when to ask for more help.

Final Assessment and Certificate
Look back at how far you have come, then complete the final assessment (70% to pass, 3 attempts) to earn your IFDP Confident Minds certificate.

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Course Objectives

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Course Content

Module 1: Understanding My Feelings Meet your guides, learn that every feeling has a job, find the right words for feelings, notice where they show up in your body, and set your goals.

Lesson 1.1: Welcome to Confident Minds

Lesson 1.2: All Feelings Are Okay

Lesson 1.3: Naming My Feelings

Lesson 1.4: Where I Feel It in My Body

Lesson 1.5: My Starting Point and Goals

Lesson 1.6: Parent Guide – Talking About Feelings

Module 1 Check-in: Understanding My Feelings

Module 2: How Worry and Stress Work Meet your brain's alarm system, discover fight, flight and freeze, learn how worry grows, and map your own warning signs.

Lesson 2.1: My Brain’s Alarm System

Lesson 2.2: Fight, Flight or Freeze

Lesson 2.3: When Worry Gets Too Big

Lesson 2.4: The Worry Trap

Lesson 2.5: My Worry Map and Warning Signs

Lesson 2.6: Parent Guide – Responding to Your Child’s Worries

Module 2 Check-in: How Worry and Stress Work

Module 3: Calming My Body Practise breathing, grounding, muscle relaxation and mindful moments, then build your own calm plan for home and school.

Lesson 3.1: Calm Breathing

Lesson 3.2: Grounding With My Five Senses

Lesson 3.3: Relaxing My Muscles

Lesson 3.4: Mindful Moments and My Calm Tools

Lesson 3.5: Calm at School and My Calm Plan

Lesson 3.6: Parent Guide – Practising Calm Tools Together

Module 3 Check-in: Calming My Body

Module 4: Helpful Thinking Discover how thoughts, feelings and actions connect, spot thinking traps, become a thought detective, and learn to be your own coach.

Lesson 4.1: Thoughts, Feelings and Actions

Lesson 4.2: Catching Thinking Traps

Lesson 4.3: Being a Thought Detective

Lesson 4.4: Being My Own Coach

Lesson 4.5: Parent Guide – Encouraging Helpful Thinking

Module 4 Check-in: Helpful Thinking

Module 5: Facing Fears and Building Brave Learn why small brave steps shrink worry, build a brave ladder, solve problems, bounce back from setbacks and recognise your strengths.

Lesson 5.1: Why Brave Steps Work

Lesson 5.2: Building My Brave Ladder

Lesson 5.3: Solving Problems and Setbacks

Lesson 5.4: Knowing My Strengths

Lesson 5.5: Parent Guide – Supporting Brave Steps

Module 5 Check-in: Facing Fears

Module 6: My Confident Minds Toolkit Bring it all together: healthy habits, your support team, a plan for tough times, your personal wellbeing plan, and knowing when to ask for more help.

Lesson 6.1: Healthy Habits

Lesson 6.2: My Support People

Lesson 6.3: Planning for Tough Times

Lesson 6.4: Resilience Toolkit and Wellbeing Plan

Lesson 6.5: When and How to Get More Help

Lesson 6.6: Parent Guide – Keeping Progress Going

Module 6 Check-in: My Toolkit

Final Assessment and Certificate Look back at how far you have come, then complete the final assessment (70% to pass, 3 attempts) to earn your IFDP Confident Minds certificate.

Course Evaluation: How Far I’ve Come

IFDP Confident Minds Final Assessment

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