What is Henderson’s definition of resiliency?
Resilience can be defined as the capacity to spring back, rebound, successfully adapt in the face of adversity, and develop social, academic, and vocational competence despite exposure to severe stress or simply to the stress that is inherent in today’s world.
What are some basic assumptions of the resiliency model?
- model focuses on strengths
- indicates that adversity does not automatically lead to dysfunction
- indicates that even an initial dysfunction reaction to adversity can, over time, improve
- environment is critical to an individual’s resilience in two ways: internal protective factors and environmental conditions
What are the seven internal characteristics that define the profile of a resilient person?
initiative, independence, insight, relationships, humor, creativity, and morality.
How can educators mitigate risks for students using the resiliency wheel?
Step 1: Increase bonding( foster prosocial relationships and activities)
Step 2: Set clear and consistent boundaries( through policies and procedures)
Step 3: teach life skills
How can educators build resiliency using the resiliency wheel?
Step 4: provide care and support( unconditional positive regard and encouragement)
Step 5: set and communicate high expectations (high and realistic)
Step 6: provide opportunities for meaningful participation
What skills should educators teach to build student resiliency?
cooperation, healthy conflict resolution, resistance, assertiveness, communication skills, problem solving, decision making, healthy stress management
How can eductors build resiliency using step 6?
provide opportunities for staff, parents, and students to use the skills you have taught from step 3
How can educators build resilient schools?
- create environment of caring relationships
- build basic trust
- remove barriers relating to student roles, school size, and sstrategies
How can educators improve bonding to build resilient schools?
- increasing family involvement is a priority
- set up a parent resource center
- give parents equal say in school governance
- pay parents to build strong family involvement
- give students variety in before school, in-school, and after-school activities
- teaching strategies must be tailored to multiple intelligences and learning styles
How can educators set clear and consistent boundaries to build school resiliency?
- involve students in the process and allow them to have a voice
- it is important that all students, staff, and parents understand the policies
How can educators teach life skills to build school resiliency?
- cooperative learning approaches
- visits with the counselor
- health curriculum
How can educators provide care and support to build school resiliency?
- know your students
- intervene when necessary and facilitate the problem solving process
- draw out those who may be hesitant to participate
- incentive programs
- be a prosocial and healthy adult relationship for students
How can educators set and communicate high expectations to build school resiliency?
- integrate resiliency building relationships and messages in the classrooms
- provide more participatory curricula
- various opportunities and activities for students to participate
- teaching strategies communicate high expectations
How can educators provide opportunities for meaningful participation to build school resiliency?
- view students as resources
- give students a voice in governance committees
- peer to peer programs
- major school projects are given to students
- collaborate with several businesses and organizational partners
What tools can educators use to facilitate change?
- The resiliency wheel
- The resiliency figures(identify barriers and strategies)
- Assessing School Resiliency Building
- Assessing Educator Plateauing (develop strategies)
- Changing the focus from risks to resiliency
- Y-Charting ( activity to motivate groups)
What tools can educators use to promote change and build commitment?
- What’s excellent, OK, and Not Being Done (current state, what should be kept)
- Taking the roof off the resilient school (miracle question, 10yrs in the future)
- norming ( schools norms to build resiliency)
- yours-mine-ours ( distinguish responsibilities)
- Situation-Target-Path(STP)
- Brain storming ( nature of problems)
- Census Decision Making
- Force-Field Analysis
What tools can educators use to evaluate effort and celebrate success?
- Evaluation Worksheet
- Resiliency building factors
- Recognition
