Fostering Resilience and Academic Grit

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1 Fostering Resilience and Academic Grit Mary Fowler RPD Academy Training June 1, 2018 Permission to reprint slides required.

2 Trauma Informed Teaching Realize Recognize Respond Resist Re-traumatization

3 Traumatic Experiences Experience so powerful and dangerous overwhelms the child s capacity to regulate emotions (NCTSN) Overwhelming demand on physiological system Profound felt sense of loss of control Vulnerability Immobilization (RD Macy)

4 Survivor Mindset & Mission To avoid perceived pain or threat.

5 Neurobiology of Stress Regulation Dan Siegel Flipping Your LID A Scientific Explanation xw

6 Response Flexibility From reactions to responses: Build a space between impulse and action. Look at all possibilities and choose a response.

7 Resilience Reflection What tapped my own resilience? What occurred in my life that brought out my strength capacity? How am I connecting this knowledge to what I do in my work w youth? Tapping Resilience in Youth

8 Ordinary Magic Resilience is common. Protective factors are not super powers. Protective factors are powerful. Competent caring adults Committed families Close friends/partners Effective schools and communities Opportunities to succeed Belief in self nurtured through positive interactions Intelligence and problem solving skills Self-control, emotional regulation, planfulness Spiritual & cultural beliefs

9 The Turnaround Teacher Bonnie Bernard Promotes resilience by providing a student Caring and support High expectations Opportunities for participation and contribution Ordinary Magic, Ann S. Masten, Ph.D.

10 Promoting Competence & Success DEFICIT MODEL STRENGTHS MODEL Risks Assets Problems Strengths Vulnerability Protective Factors

11 Intelligence unfolds in the presence of a nurturing environment. Erickson HOLD, BEFORE YOU HOLD RESPONSIBLE

12 Foundation Support Safety Trust Constancy Predictability

13 EMT CONTACT & ENGAGEMENT SAFETY STABILIZE

14 Sensing Safety Nervous system detecting threat None Minimal Safety begins w space Proximity Not trapped Way you sound, look, listen

15 Contact & Engagement Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Mark Twain The Way You Do the Things You Do! Compassionate & Helpful Look like? Sound like? Feel like?

16 Relational Intelligence What do you need? What is the problem or concern you are having? What might help you?

17 Safety Devices Safe Things Stuffed animal Photos of people, places or things help you feel good Safety Zones Trusted Adults

18 My Safety Hand Trace your hand. On each finger, write down a person can count on to support and keep you safe. Or something else that makes you feel safe.

19 Positive Emotional Focus Induce Positive Emotions Recall positive emotional experience Affirm the feeling Breathe and re-experience positive emotion (Heartmath) Train Affirmations Self-talk & touch I m doing great. I can do this. I can make a difference!

20 Stabilize Reactive behavior has to calm before it can become response-enabled.

21 Quiet the Biology Breathe in 4 out 4 What Else?

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24 Grit Grit = Effort Talent x Effort (grit) = Skill Skill x Effort (grit) = Achievement Angela Duckworth

25 Grit Domains Academic persevere papers, tests, hw to fulfill academic goals over long haul Social/relationship put yourself in uncomfortable social situations you want to take on Wellness/health stick with healthy habits Extracurricular grit practice, persist, and rebound in face of obstacles or setbacks Emotional helps manage emotions, face fears, cope w anger, and recover from emotional challenges.

26 Cultivating GRIT Control and choice for intrinsic motivation Not too hard, not too easy See how behavior fits to a larger goal Riding a bike, rock climbing, skill drills Relate goal to core value (eg. I am responsible) Connect to higher purpose

27 Mind Matters THOUGHT EMOTION BEHAVIOR

28 I Think, Therefore I Am Thinking traps Should, must, the worst, can t stand it, loser Helpful thinking YET Failure as a growth step; mistakes as learning opportunities

29 P Skunk Thoughts Pervasive Personal Permanent

30 YOU DECIDE EVENT THOUGHT EMOTION STUCK IN TRAFFIC UNHELPFUL HELPFUL MAD SAD GLAD

31 YET You ll End up There

32 Managing Marshmallows Situation selection avoid temptation Situation modification change what you can Selective attention resist temptation Cognitive change reframe the temptation Response modulation willful willpower

33 SMART Goals Specific (significant) Measurable (meaningful) Attainable (actionoriented) Relevant (rewarding) Time-bound (trackable) A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline. Harvey MacKay Structure Clarity Motivation Accountability