Building resilience in students

1. Building Resiliency
Angela Housand
angelahousand.com
@housanda

3. resilience
1. the capacity to recover quickly from
difficulties; toughness.
2. the ability of a substance or object to
spring back into shape; elasticity.
noun

10. “A child's greatest achievements are possible
in play, achievements that tomorrow will
become her basic level of real action.”
Vygotsky

11. The Year of…
GREAT
EXPECTATIONS

12. 3rd

17. FAILURE
isn’t a necessary evil.
In FACT, it isn’t EVIL at all.
It is a NECESSARY
consequence of doing
something NEW.
- Ed Catmull

18. FAILEARLY
FAILFAST

20. Fear of Failure
Goal Achievement
Opportunities

21. “Fear of Failure” Signs:
• Worry what others will think
• Attempt to lower expectations
• Physical symptoms
• Procrastination

23. 200

25. Overcome adversity.

26. Stay
in the
Struggle

27. It is impossible to live
without failing at something,
unless you live so cautiously
that you might as well
not have lived at all.
In which case,
you fail by default.
J.K. Rowling

28. PROVIDE THE
OPPORTUNITY
FOR FAILURE

29. The Year of…
GREATER
EXPECTATIONS

30. 4th

35. False praise can be as
harmful as no praise!

37. Don’t
you
think
if I were
wrong,
I’d
KNOW it?

38. Lack of
Honest
Self-Appraisal
Skills

40. angelahousand.com

41. S
TO
W
Helpful
to achieving the
objective
Harmful
to achieving the
objective
Internal Origin
Attributes of the
Individual
Strengths Weaknesses
External Origin
Attributes of the
Environment
Opportunities Threats
SWOT
Analysis

42. Strengths
What unique skills do I have?
What do I do well?
When do others ask for my help?
What experiences have I had that will
help me as I move forward?
© Angela Housand, 2013

43. Weaknesses
What areas do I need to improve?
What do others view as my weakness
or area for improvement?
What is something I would like to
change?
© Angela Housand, 2013

44. Opportunities
What opportunities exist that I have
not tried?
How can I use my strengths to create
opportunities for myself?
Who do I know that can help me?
© Angela Housand, 2013

45. Threats
What could hinder my success?
What are potential problems I could
encounter?
What are the challenges I face?
What are the restrictions in my life
(time, money, vehicle, access to
computer or the Internet, etc.)? © Angela Housand, 2013

46. ITERATE

49. Self-Efficacy

50. MAINTAIN
RIGOROUS
STANDARDS

51. The Year of…
EVEN GREATER
EXPECTATIONS

52. 5th

54. 63,000
college students
surveyed

55. Overwhelmed
Exhausted
Extreme Anxiety 60.9%
83.4%
86.5%

56. • Build the tallest tower you can.
• Use only the materials provided.
• The tower must support an object of
unspecified size* and weight*
* Object will be a scale
commensurate with materials
Tallest Tower

61. 2017…
2016…
2015…
2014…
2013…
Influence

62. Influence
2017…
2016…
2015…
2014…
2013…
Most important
event in your life
for each year

63. Percentage of
control you
had over each
event
2017…
2016…
2015…
2014…
2013…
Influence

64. Take
responsibility
for their
actions…

65. November…
October…
September…
August…
July…
Most important
event in your life
for each month
Influence

66. Young people
may feel that
external forces
control their lives.
Influence

67. Did you have
more control
than you
thought?
Influence

72. GoZen.com

73. 20 Minutes

75. TEACH
HEALTHY
COPING

76. The Year of…
A NEW HOPE

77. 6th

78. Risk
Taking

80. Increased Sense of Control

83. 5 Categories of Risk
Intellectual
Social
Emotional
Physical
Spiritual
(Neihart, 1999)

84. ENCOURAGE
RISK
TAKING

85. Resilience

86. YOUR
COMFORT
ZONE

87. What is
YOUR
definition of
success?

92. The greater danger for
most of us lies not in
setting our aim too high
and falling short;
but in setting our aim
too low, and achieving
our mark.
-Michelangelo