1. Fundamental Building Blocks of Resilience in Young People
Christine Hollar, Ed.D.
4-H Youth Development Agent
Clark County
Not an expert…Dissertation

2. Blue Print Hollar Hazards Definition Cornerstone Experiential Exercise
Seven C’s
Punch List

3. Hollar Hazards Talking Hands ADDOS Alliteration Words with a twist
Handout horror
You are experts in this room (just do not know it yet)

4. Resiliency (simple)
the ability to become strong, healthy, or successful again after something bad happens
the ability of something to return to its original shape after it has been pulled, stretched, pressed, bent, etc.
Retrieved from:
Synonyms: Pliable, Flexible, Elastic, Bounciness, Spirit, Hardiness, Toughness, Strength, Buoyancy
Antonym: Rigidity, Defeatism

5. Cornerstone
Young people live up or down to expectations we set for them. They need adults who believe in them unconditionally and hold them to the high expectations of being compassionate, generous, and creative.
What we do to model healthy resilience strategies for our children is more important than anything we say about them.
Fostering Resilience; Kenneth Ginsburg, M.D., M.S. Ed
Based on Rick Little with the International Youth Foundation & Kenneth Ginsberg Fostering Resilience
Pass out a rock “corner stone”

6. model healthy strategies for our children is
What we do to
model healthy strategies
for our children is
more important than anything we say about them.
Some time here…
Think back to your own experiences
Think back to when you were a child … who were those people or pet’s in your life that were your go to people (anyone willing to share)…

7. Experiential Exercise
Need four groups of 4!
Each group receives a bag
Follow the instructions attached to the bag
Ten minutes to perform the task
Time for debrief

8. Competence/Competence
Recognize when youth are doing a good job
Construct/Create opportunities to develop important skills
Social, Cognitive, Academic, Health, and Vocational
Competence is undermined when a letdown is left with limited learning.

9. Confidence/Confidence
Allows youth to attempt navigating the world, color outside the lines, and dust themselves off
An internal sense of overall positive self-worth and self-efficacy

10. Connection/Connection
Connections with people, schools, and communities provide youth the security to stand on their own and develop innovations.
Positive bonds with people and institutions reflect exchanges between the youth and their peers, family, school, and community in which both parties contribute to the relationship.
Their gender non-conforming language

11. Character/Character
Young people need a clear sense of right and wrong and a commitment to integrity.
Respect for societal and cultural norms, possession of standards for correct behaviors, a sense of right and wrong, integrity.
Synonym: honesty, truth, honor,
reliable

12. Contribution/ Community Contribution
Youth who contribute to the well‐being of others will learn that contributing feels good, and may easily turn to others or assistance.
Youth engaged in community service endeavors through XYZ program gain intrinsic rewards through giving back.
Asking for assistance without shame…

13. Coping/Caring & Compassion
Youth who acquire a variety of healthy coping strategies are able to navigate around dangerous quick‐fixes under duress.
A sense of sympathy and empathy for others.

14. Control/Caring & Compassion
Youth who demonstrate responsibility will learn to make sensible decisions, while maintaining their control.
A sense of sympathy and empathy for others.
Self-esteem/self-efficacy/self-confidence/self-worth

15. Punch List

16. Questions…Thoughts… Wonderments…
References
Fostering Resilience; Kenneth Ginsburg, M.D., M.S. Ed – retrieved from
International Youth Foundation; Rick Little – retrieved from
The Positive Development of Youth: Comprehensive Findings from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development - Article published December 2013 through Tufts University