The Fostering Resilience Workbook

<p><strong>Bring out the best in your students-and yourself. </strong></p><p></p><p>In <em>The Fostering Resilience Workbook Elementary Edition</em> Kristin Van Marter Souers Keith Orchard and Pete Hall-a mental-health clinician social worker and veteran principal respectively-draw on research and their extensive experience to help elementary-level educators create supportive trauma-invested environments in which every student can succeed. Aligned with the bestselling <em>Fostering Resilient Learners</em> this deeply practical workbook is organized into two parts.</p><p></p><p><strong>Part 1</strong> consists of <strong>proactive structures and practices</strong> that benefit all students. You'll learn how to </p><ul><li><ul><li>Determine your personal mission and maintain your own self-regulation.</li><li>Build a culture of safety.</li><li>Nurture positive relationships.</li><li>Recognize the effects of trauma and stress on the brain.</li><li>Identify and meet fundamental student needs.</li><li>Provide discipline and accountability with kindness and empathy.</li></ul></li></ul><p></p><p><strong>Part 2</strong> consists of <strong>responsive strategies and plans</strong> organized into a proven problem-solving framework that will help you</p><ul><li><ul><li>Identify the skills and dispositions students need to succeed. </li><li>Recognize obstacles that interfere with student learning. </li><li>Explore your connection with students. </li><li>Pinpoint student skills in need of development.</li><li>Plan and track your intervention efforts.</li><li>Respond effectively when students aren't meeting expectations. </li><li>Access other professionals when you need extra support.</li></ul></li></ul><p></p><p>Throughout this book the authors provide prompts for reflection practical tools and templates and effective ways to apply what you've learned to your setting. Many of these are collected in a downloadable shareable resource. </p><p></p><p>Emphasizing kindness belonging and trauma-invested practice this invaluable resource will inspire and guide you to be a more responsive teacher and help your students become more resilient better adjusted and more successful-in school at home and in life. </p>