Welcome Adult Resiliency Building Your Bounce
Resiliency Defined Resiliency is ability to bounce back from misfortune or change. Resilient people have something in their lives that help them overcome challenges and move on in positive ways.
35% of adults say their stress has increased in the past year 33% say that they never discuss ways to manage stress with their health care provider
Protective Factors Defined Characteristics, events or processes that decrease the impact of a risk factor and the likelihood of an adverse outcome. (Kazdin, 1997) Things that help guard children from unsafe or unhealthy influences Help us overcome risk factors
Stories of Resilience Video Presentation: Bounce Back Stronger, Stories of Resilience [insert here]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcz1nqslsny Each of the stories illustrates examples of a person who, despite the odds, bounced back!
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Building Your Bounce Taking Care of YOU The Devereux Early Childhood Initiative [DECI] has created a tool [Devereux Adult Resilience Survey] for adults to help strengthen their protective factors. Strengthening your own resilience and protective factors may help you handle on the job stress more effectively. In today s world, we all face risk. Spending time offsetting that risk by reflecting on and changing some of our behavior can be beneficial.
Devereux Adult Resilience Survey [DARS] The Devereux Adult Resilience Survey [DARS] is a 23- item checklist that reflects on an adults personal strengths. The information on the checklist can help one build upon the strengths so they can be better equipped to handle adversity and the stressors of daily life. Personal reflection: complete the DARS Survey
GOALS of the Devereux Adult Resilience Survey Insight to self in 4 main areas: Relationships: The mutual, long-lasting back-and-forth bond we have with others in our lives Internal Beliefs: The feelings and thoughts we have about ourselves and our lives, and how effective we think we are at taking action in life Initiative: The ability to make positive choices and decisions and act upon them Self-Control: The ability to experience a range of feelings, and express them in socially appropriate ways
DARS Interpretation It takes time, reflection, and practice to change any negative thoughts/behaviors we might have and to integrate new skills that are good for us. Consider areas to improve [start small] Consider: Strengths: Determine the strengths of the situation, use these as your base Goals: What do you want to work on? Call these areas GOALS not concerns Strategies: What are you going to do to address these goals
Strategy Practice Refer to your DARS [Devereux Adult Resilience Survey]. Focus on your strengths and choose personal goals [based upon areas in which you answered sometimes or not yet ]
Relationships Relationships are the mutual, long-lasting, back-and-forth bond we have with another person in our lives. Relationships MATTER and support us in: laughing more, feeling healthy, nurturing hope, feeling supported, having fun, sharing our emotions, and being honest.
Relationships Maya Angelou: I ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel Let s BUILD healthy relationships! Activity: I provide support to others Helping others is a benefit to them and to you. When you lend a helping hand or a listening ear to someone, you can experience increased energy and warmth. Supporting others can open our minds and can bring selfworth, greater happiness, and optimism.
Relationships I have a mentor or someone who shows me the way. Mentorship can improve your self-confidence, increase your motivation, and encourage optimism about future opportunities. Mentors can be like branches of our life, helping us grow and move in new directions. Take time to appreciate these people as an important part of your life s development. Activity: Thank You Notes
Internal Beliefs I believe that every person is born with Talent. -Maya Angelou Internal beliefs are the feelings and thoughts we have about ourselves, and how effective we think we are at taking action in life. Positive internal beliefs lay a foundation for: Setting goals and sticking to them learning from mistakes bouncing back from events/loss Accepting praise Trusting others Handling unexpected challenges Going with your instincts Shrugging off hurtful comments
If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude a feeling that nurtures the soul. Harold Kushner
Internal Beliefs Activity Time-Boost Positive Internal Beliefs! Activity : Making Time for Gifts
Internal Beliefs Counting Compliments For one week count every compliment that you get whether on the Thank You Tree or verbal. Reflect about how each one made you feel. For one week give compliments you give to others and reflect how many you give and why you gave the compliment.
Initiative Initiative is your ability to make choices and decisions and act upon them. When faced with challenges, we often make things more difficult for ourselves by focusing on the negative, which does nothing to help the situation. By thinking through the strengths and goals of the situation, you can be ready to move on. Initiative Activity I Consider the Strengths a. Example b. Your turn
You see things; and you say, Why? But I dream things that never were; and I say. Why not? George Bernard Shaw
Initiative Some tasks can be delegated or shared. There are many things we need to and want to do but there only 24 hours in a day. Initiative Activity II Help Wanted a. make a list of responsibilities you could delegate or share with someone else. b. Choose one to create a Help Wanted sign. 1. Job title and description
Self- Control The ability to experience a range of feelings and express them using words and actions that society considers appropriate Breathe Relax
Self-Control Your Safe Place : A place to go to get away from it all We all need a place of solace to reflect upon both good and bad times. What is your safe place? Self Control Activity I Recreate your safe place Think about the characteristics of this place that you love. Is it the smell, the feel the sounds, etc. How can you replicate this in your workplace or when you are away?
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony Mahatma Gandhi
Remember You Are Priceless A hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child. -Forest Witcraft
What does your billboard say?