1. Going Deeper on Resilience: Companion Slides to the Film
January
Screening in Columbia, SC, hosted by WREN and the S.C. Department of Education
Prepared by
Janice M. Gruendel, Ph.D., M.Ed.
Senior Fellow, ICS
We recommend viewing these slides in “presentation” mode for full access.

2. We have devised a simple way to talk about brain development:
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We have devised a simple way to talk about brain development:
The Arc of Science
The early years really matter
Intertwined cognitive and social-emotional development Executive function Self–regulation Empathy
Trauma Toxic Stress Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)
Poverty Racism & Implicit bias Educational and health inequity Politics…
Mindfulness
Self-control Kindness
Health
Hope
Happiness
Empathy
Resilience
Gruendel,

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4. This is not OK Individual trauma and societal stress is all around us.
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Individual trauma and societal stress is all around us.
This is not OK

5. When Stress Becomes Toxic
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When Stress Becomes Toxic
NORMAL STRESS
Getting immunized; Meeting new people; First day at school. First day at work. Taking a test. Trying a new sport. Presenting big ideas at a public meeting
TOLERABLE STRESS
Serious Illness; Death of a loved one; Frightening accident; Acrimonious divorce; Persistent discrimination
TOXIC STRESS
Tolerable stress that is not buffered by caring, actively-present adults (or peers). The body’s stress system activates and stays at high levels “like revving a car’s engine for hours every day.”
Toxic Stress causes damage at the cellular level of our bodies, impacts our health and mental health, and can be passed from one generation to the next at the genomic level.

6. We See the Learning and Behavioral Impacts of ACES in Academics
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7. Children find ways to tell us about their lives. This is a real story.
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Children find ways to tell us about their lives. This is a real story.
The Ghost and the Girl

8. The early years really matter
The more types of early adversity in the early years, the greater risk of children’s developmental delays before the age of 3.
A child’s developmental delays, language, social-emotional and behavioral challenges can reduce school readiness and hurt academic performance
Living with trauma and toxic stress changes the biology of body and mind across generations.

9. What can we do that is better than the best we have done so far?
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What can we do that is better than the best we have done so far?

10. THERE IS GOOD NEWS—THE SCIENCE CAN HELP US…
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Build
Resilience
Strong & Healthy Families
Healthy Children, the earlier the better
Strong, Healthy Schools & Communities
THERE IS GOOD NEWS—THE SCIENCE CAN HELP US…
It says, to raise kids who are healthy, safe, smart and strong “we” need to invest in…

11. We can learn to listen with humility…
Opioids
We can learn to listen with humility…
Violence. Death. Separation
Child Abuse or Neglect
Trauma.
Disability
Domestic Violence.
Divorce
because everybody has a story

12. We can learn the biology…
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We can learn the biology…
Happiness
Calmness, Love
Empathy
Working through pain
Exercise, touch, smiling, hugs, music, deep breathing, babies and pets release
OXYTOCIN
DOPAMINE
ENDORPHINS
Trauma and chronic toxic stress release
CORTISOL and ADRENALINE
Fight
Flight
Freeze

13. We can build science-informed actions
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We can build science-informed actions
Meet children and families where they are
Improve our Intervention Knowledge and Skills
Do you need help?
Create wellness opportunities for ourselves
Increase trauma-informed practice in our classrooms and programs
Focus on empathy and social-emotional learning
Recognize that sometimes we are the buffers to toxic stress
Promote executive function development and self-regulation
Keep an eye on our backpacks and learn to tell our stories…

14. Click
We can provide opportunities for children (and adults) to learn and practice mindfulness

15. We can be brave and keep deep-talking, together…
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We all carry a backpack, children and adults alike, filled (sometimes to overflowing) with all of our lived experience
So, what’s in your backpack, and how is your body, mind and heart processing the experiences of the moment?

17. More Information?
For more information on the Resilience documentary and free content you can use in your own work:
Slides prepared by
Janice M. Gruendel, Ph.D., M.Ed.
Senior Fellow, ICS
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