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Resilience in Action: A Strength-Based Approach
Ken Ginsburg Covenant House Pennsylvania The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
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Objectives Speaking the language of resilience
Eliminating shame, building confidence Not undermining competence; Learning not to lecture Managing stress without turning to the easy fix
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Resilience The Ability To Overcome Adversity
The Capacity to Bounce Back
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Resilience is a Mindset
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Resilience is Uneven
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Resilience is NOT Invulnerability
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A Reactive Mind May Find It Harder To be Resilient
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Resilience is NOT a character trait.
It is affected by supports and circumstances!!!
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The Bottom Line of Resilience
Young People will be more resilient if the important adults in their lives believe in them unconditionally and hold them to high expectations Young People live up or down to the expectations we set for them
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This means our attitude matters . . .
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Problem Free . . . . . . is NOT Fully Prepared! Karen Pittman
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And . . . our attitude is assessed constantly by watching our unintentional signals
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Body Language
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The 7 C’s of Resilience Confidence Competence Connection Character
Contribution Coping Control (Little, 1993; Pittman et al., 2003; Eccles and Gootman , 2002; Roth and Brooks-Gunn 2003; Lerner, 2004; Ginsburg, 2006; Frankowski, Leader & Duncan, 2009)
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Shifting Resilience Theory into Action
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The Bottom Line again Young People will be more resilient if the important adults in their lives believe in them unconditionally and hold them to high expectations Young People live up or down to the expectations we set for them
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Therefore, the importance of Connection can not be overstated. . .
Family School Community Role models Someone who sees the potential . . .
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“I’m not trash”
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The Five Steps of Behavioral Change
Awareness Motivation Skills Trial and error Maintenance
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Who’s the Expert?
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Confidence gets it started . . . . . . and shame paralyzes all efforts
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How can we help kids realize they hold the keys to their own healing?
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Finding Competence . . . . . . Building Confidence
X X X
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Learning Not to Undermine Competence
Listening Letting young people make their own mistakes
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Promoting Authentic Success
Knowing how to praise Knowing how to criticize Yet
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Learning Not to Undermine Competence
Talking in a way young people understand Recognizing the cognitive development of adolescence No more lectures!!!!!!
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The Importance of Skills
Battlemind The Importance of Skills
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Control
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The World Happens to Me or I control my Destiny
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Positive Coping Strategies Negative Coping Strategies
Relief Relief Positive Coping Strategies You Feel Awful!!! You Feel Awful!!! You Feel Awful!!! Stress Discomfort Discomfort Discomfort Negative Coping Strategies
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Positive Coping Strategies Negative Coping Strategies
Relief Relief Positive Coping Strategies You Feel Awful!!! You Feel Awful!!! You Feel Awful!!! Stress Discomfort Discomfort Discomfort Negative Coping Strategies
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Coping Engagement vs. Disengagement
Emotion Focused vs. Problem Focused
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A Stress Management Plan for Teenagers
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Stress Management : Tackling The Problem
Making the problem manageable Active Avoidance Let Some things go
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Serenity Prayer Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference
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Stress Management : Taking Care of My Body
Exercise Fear Anger
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Stress Management : Taking Care of My Body
Relaxation Nutrition
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Stress Management : Taking Care of My Body
7) Sleep Stimulation Cool Down Exercise Shower Release emotion
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Stress Management : Managing Emotions
Instant Vacations Releasing Emotions
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The Worst thing is not to be stressed . . . it is to be NUMB
The Tupperware Box
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Stress Management Plan : Making the World Better
Contributing to the world The Protection of Contribution Contribution to our centers as a road toward engagement
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US It is so easy to hear a talk about kids. Now I am going to give a talk about Us much harder. Much of the talk will be identical But with a twist. This time you are not taking the easy way out by thinking about what you can do for kids This time you are thinking about yourself
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We are the role models that ...
Display resilience Choose to cope in healthy ways Admit vulnerability and personal limits Reject stigma See strength in seeking help
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How do we define success?
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To touch many lives over a lifetime of service and connection with others
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Burnout Prevention Caring professionals are at increased risk because of the intensity of their work and the emotional bonds they form with the people they serve.
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Serenity Prayer Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference
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The Worst thing is not to be stressed . . . it is to be NUMB
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The best way of assuring you will give a lifetime of service is To take care of yourself first
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