Learning Opportunities

Sustaining our resilience as educators can be a challenge during times of constant change and worry and yet it is critical to both our own wellbeing and the mental health and academic success of our students. Based on Dr. Ungar’s research around the world and his clinical practice, this presentation will first use examples from his recent book Change Your World: The Science of Resilience and the True Path to Success to explore how those who help others can avoid burnout and maintain their own career and life resilience when stressors pile up at home and on the job. Twelve factors that make us more resilient as adults will be discussed, along with practical tools participants can use to find the resources they need to cope successfully in culturally and contextually relevant ways. Dr. Ungar will then shift focus to how educators can nurture the resilience of their students post-pandemic. Dr. Ungar will show that young people’s resilience is much more than their individual ability to overcome adversity. It is just as much the result of how well their families, schools and communities work together to help young people find the supports they need, and whether those supports are made available in ways young people experience as meaningful. In addition to exploring what resilience means to children and adolescents from many different backgrounds, Dr. Ungar will also provide nine practical strategies young people and their families can use to build resilience, no matter a young person’s emotional, psychological or behavioral challenges.

Target Audience

Teachers, Administrators, Wellness Coaches, Educational/Instructional Assistants