Resilience Can Be Taught: 10 Strategies Proven to Motivate Any Student

Format

Individual Presentation

First Presenter's Institution

WhyTry Organization

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Strand #1

Heart: Social & Emotional Skills

Strand #2

Health: Mental & Physical Health

Relevance

The methods in this presentation are based on current research relating to multisensory learning, multiple intelligences, and solution-focused brief therapy. Thousands of school districts across the U.S. have used these strategies as a resilience education tool to lower dropout rates, improve school climate, prevent bullying, lower the achievement gap, and improve academics.

Brief Program Description

Want to engage every student in your classroom? This session will demonstrate 10 strategies proven to strengthen relationships, grab attention, inspire, and build resilience in students of all ages and learning types. Participants will receive valuable insights into teaching social and emotional life skills in ways that students can understand, relate to, and remember. These strategies have helped over 2 million youth in 18,000 K-12 schools, mental health, and correctional organizations worldwide in the areas of academic success, dropout prevention, classroom management, and bullying prevention. Learn how to engage every student using visual metaphors, videos, music, and activities.

Summary

Participants who attend the proposed session will learn 1) how to speak the language of today’s youth using relevant multimedia, physical activities, and visual metaphors; 2) how youth can take the challenges they face in life and channel them in a positive direction; and 3) how to guide youth in building positive support systems. Ultimately, this presentation will provide the audience with tools to help students in any tier answer the question, “Why try in life?” Emphasizing the importance of multiple intelligence approaches, this presentation will highlight the significance of teaching youth social and emotional life skills in ways youth can relate to and remember. The multiple intelligence approaches emphasized in this presentation will include videos, music, hands-on activities, journaling, discussion, and ten visual metaphors. The ten strategies addressed in this session center around these easy-to-understand ten visual metaphors. Using PowerPoint, video, and activities, the audience will receive a walkthrough of each of these metaphors while explaining what each teaches youth. The presentation will give special focus to one metaphor in particular, entitled “The Reality Ride,” to demonstrate teaching an entire lesson using multiple intelligence approaches. This lesson teaches youth that choices have consequences, and shows them how to get on a path that leads them to opportunity, freedom, and self-respect.

Evidence

Wilhite, S. and Bullock, L (2012) Effects of the WhyTry social skills program on students with emotional and/or behavioral problems in an alternative school. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties. DOI:10.1080/13632752.2012.675135 2. Moore, C. (2014) The Resilience Breakthrough: 27 Tools for Turning Adversity into Action. Austin, TX: Greenleaf Book Group Press. 3. Griffiths, A (2014). Promoting resilience in schools: a view from occupational health psychology. Teachers and Teaching: theory and practice, 20,5. DOI: 10.1080/13540602.2014.937954

Learning Objectives

1.Participants will learn to speak the language of today’s youth using relevant multimedia, physical activities, and visual metaphors. 2. Participants will learn how youth can take the challenges they face in life and channel them in a positive direction. 3. Participants will learn how to help youth build positive support systems.

Biographical Sketch

Christian Moore is an internationally-renowned speaker, licensed clinical social worker, and advocate for youth. He is the author of The Resilience Breakthrough: 27 Tools for Turning Adversity into Action. He was a commencement speaker in the School of Education at John

Hopkins University, and spoke at a White House convening for the

Reach Higher Initiative. Christian found his passion in social work. He created the WhyTry

Program, which has been implemented in over 25,000 organizations. Christian has flown over 6 million miles and reached over 3 million kids.

Presentation Year

2021

Start Date

3-10-2021 11:25 AM

End Date

3-10-2021 12:25 PM

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Resilience Can Be Taught: 10 Strategies Proven to Motivate Any Student

Want to engage every student in your classroom? This session will demonstrate 10 strategies proven to strengthen relationships, grab attention, inspire, and build resilience in students of all ages and learning types. Participants will receive valuable insights into teaching social and emotional life skills in ways that students can understand, relate to, and remember. These strategies have helped over 2 million youth in 18,000 K-12 schools, mental health, and correctional organizations worldwide in the areas of academic success, dropout prevention, classroom management, and bullying prevention. Learn how to engage every student using visual metaphors, videos, music, and activities.