1. The Science of Hope Building Resilient Children in Your Classroom
Sandy Avzaradel, MS Ed.
Manager, Early Childhood Mental Health and Wellness Program
August 3, 2018

2. The Science of Resilience

3. It’s all about relationships!
Responsive relationships
Serve and return
Champion of children
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4. The Balance Adaptive Skill Building Problem Solving Regulate behavior
Adaptability
Adversity
Responsive Relationships
Skilled Caregivers

5. Resiliency Factors Supportive adult-child relationships
Scaffolding learning to build self-efficacy and control
Strengthen adaptive skills and self-regulatory capacities
Use cultural responsiveness as the foundation

6. Adaptive Skills Building Executive Function Skills
Establishing routines
Modeling social behavior
Creating and maintaining supportive, reliable relationships
Creative play
Social Connection

7. Nurturing and Responsive Relationships
Positive relationships among dyads (teacher-parent; teacher- teacher; teacher-child; child-child)
Positive feedback at a rate of 5:1
Supporting Children’s Play
Serve and Return
Share the child’s focus of attention
Return the serve by being supportive and encouraging
Label the object, action or feeling
Take turns and wait – keep the interaction going back and forth
Practice endings and beginnings
Support all communication attempts

8. Let’s Share Building Positive Relationships Teacher/teacher
Teacher/child
Teacher/parent
Child/child
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9. High Quality Supportive Environment
Adequate materials
Defined play centers
Balanced schedule
Structured transitions
Individualized instructions for children who need more support
Behavior expectations – specifically taught
Engaging activities
Clear directions

10. Targeted Social Emotional Supports
Teach and support
Identifying and expressing emotions
self-regulation
strategies for handling anger and disappointment
social problem solving
cooperative responding
friendship skills
collaboration with peers
Partner with families in teaching social and emotional skills

11. Let’s Share Social and Emotional Skills
2 examples of how to embed skill building throughout the day
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12. Children’s Literature that Promote Resilience
Emotional Regulation
Impulse Control
Causal Analysis
Self-efficacy
Empathy
Optimism
Reaching Out

13. Emotional Regulation Impulse Control Causal Analysis Self-efficacy
Empathy
Optimism
Reaching Out
Feelings
Mr. Grump’s Outing
Bootsie Barker Bites
The Short Tree and the Bird that Could Not Sing
Moondance
Would You Rather
It’s a Good Thing
How are You Feeling? Foods with Moods
Mr. Magnolia
Little Cloud
Three Cheers for Errol
The Pumpkin Fair
I Like Being Me
Daydreamers
Harriet and the Roller Coaster
Regina’s Big Mistake
Peter and the Wolf
Proud of our Feelings
The Very Busy Spider
What Were You Thinking?
Bailey Goes Camping
Chrysanthemum
My Mouth is a Volcano!
(Julia Cook)
Sometimes I Feel Like a Mouse
Elsa-Marie and her Seven Little Daddies
A Gift for Gita
No David!
A Chair for My Mother
Stay Fang
Lila and the Secret of Rain
What if?
Duck on a Bike
How Smudge Came (CC)
Dancing with Katya (CC)
Lila and the Secret of Rain (CC)
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (CC)
26 Big Things Small Hands Do

14. Responsible Decision Making
Plays Nice with Others By: Susanne Denham & Chavaughn Brown Early Education and Development, 2010
Relationship Skills
Responsible Decision Making
Social Awareness
Self-Regulation
Self Awareness

15. Early Social-Emotional Development by: Nicole M. Edwards, Ph. D
Early Social-Emotional Development by: Nicole M. Edwards, Ph.D. forward by: Susanne Denham, Ph.D.
Apply evidence-based universal prevention strategies to proactively support social-emotional growth
Book Walk

16. Resources National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI)
Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
Play’s Nice With Others, Denham & Brown, 2010
Reaching IN …Reaching OUT, 2008 The Child & Family Partnership