1. Resilience in Action: A Strength-Based Approach
Ken Ginsburg
Covenant House Pennsylvania
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

2. 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

3. Resilience The Ability To Overcome Adversity
The Capacity to Bounce Back

4. Resilience is a Mindset

5. Resilience is Uneven

6. Resilience is
NOT
Invulnerability

7. A Reactive Mind May Find It Harder To be Resilient

8. Resilience is NOT a character trait.
It is affected by supports and circumstances!!!

9. 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

10. This means our attitude matters . . .

11. Problem Free . . .
. . . is NOT Fully Prepared!
Karen Pittman

12. And . . . our attitude is assessed constantly by watching our unintentional signals

13. Body Language

14. 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)

15. Shifting Resilience Theory into Action

16. 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

17. Therefore, the importance of Connection can not be overstated. . .
Family
School
Community
Role models
Someone who sees the potential . . .

18. “I’m not trash”

19. The Five Steps of Behavioral Change
Awareness
Motivation
Skills
Trial and error
Maintenance

20. Who’s the Expert?

21. Confidence gets it started . . . . . . and shame paralyzes all efforts

22. How can we help kids realize they hold the keys to their own healing?

23. Finding Competence . . . . . . Building ConfidenceX X X

24. Learning Not to Undermine Competence
Listening
Letting young people make their own mistakes

25. Promoting Authentic Success
Knowing how to praise
Knowing how to criticize
Yet

26. Learning Not to Undermine Competence
Talking in a way young people understand
Recognizing the cognitive development of adolescence
No more lectures!!!!!!

27. The Importance of Skills
Battlemind
The Importance of Skills

28. Control

29. The World Happens to Me or I control my Destiny

30. 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

31. 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

32. Coping Engagement vs. Disengagement
Emotion Focused vs. Problem Focused

33. A Stress Management Plan for Teenagers

34. Stress Management : Tackling The Problem
Making the problem manageable
Active Avoidance
Let Some things go

35. 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

36. Stress Management : Taking Care of My Body
Exercise
Fear
Anger

37. Stress Management : Taking Care of My Body
Relaxation
Nutrition

38. Stress Management : Taking Care of My Body
7) Sleep
Stimulation
Cool Down
Exercise
Shower
Release emotion

39. Stress Management : Managing Emotions
Instant Vacations
Releasing Emotions

40. The Worst thing is not to be stressed . . . it is to be NUMB
The Tupperware Box

42. Stress Management Plan : Making the World Better
Contributing to the world
The Protection of Contribution
Contribution to our centers as a road toward engagement

44. 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

45. 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

46. How do we define success?

47. To touch many lives over a lifetime of service and connection with others

48. 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.

49. 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

50. The Worst thing is not to be stressed . . . it is to be NUMB

51. The best way of assuring you will give a lifetime of service is To take care of yourself first