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Love, as we have already discussed, is a powerful, wonderful, ridiculous thing, capable of moving mountains. And spools of thread. Investing in the development of resilience: Helping youth not feel broken. Je Jerry Bla lackburn,

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“Love, as we have

already discussed, is a powerful, wonderful, ridiculous thing, capable of moving

mountains. And

spools of thread.”

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Investing in the development

f resilience: Helping youth

not feel broken.

Je Jerry Bla lackburn, M.E .Ed., , CDP

Program Manager -Substance Abuse & Prevention Services- Friends of Youth Faculty Member Bellevue College – Chemical Dependency Counselor Education Program

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ACES- Progressive Impact

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Potential Unintended Byproducts

Systems that sequester
“special needs”
Strict confidentiality
Systems that create/perpetuate a

ranking/tracking

Culture that perpetuates false narratives
Alternative placements
Pathologize
Institutionalized structures/practices
“a different kind of perfect”

Lost Broken “Normal”

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2016 Healthy Youth Survey Data

69% of 6TH grade students know how to handle disagreements, solve

problems, consider effects of decisions, and be empathetic

37% of 12th grade students report experiencing depressive feelings in the

past year

20% of 12 grade students report having seriously considered suicide in the

past year

74% of 12th grade students report having an adult in their neighborhood
r community they can talk to about something important

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2016 Healthy Youth Survey Data

43% can answer completely true. “I look forward to the future”
23% can answer completely true. “I feel good about myself”
15% of students report an 8, 9 or 10 regarding the statement “I feel

alone in my life”

528 students out of 3524! 176 reported a 10!

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Ingredients of Resilience (7Cs)

Founded in: Unconditional love, healthy expectations and caring individuals as models.

Kenneth Ginsburg, MD MS, Ed, FAAP Content adapted

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Competence

Strength based approaches
Critical thinking skills
Avoid comparisons with the

majority/others

People, places and

things???

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Confidence

Recognition of effort not

accomplishment

Recognition of qualities

engaged not outcomes

Opportunities to engage

value development

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Connection

Supporting close ties
Feeling can be expressed
penly
Recognizing healthy conflict

resolution

Community-based support

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Character

Support value/spiritual development

and forgiveness

Bad vs. __________
Opportunities to care for others
Demonstrate the importance of

community

Encouraging empathy and mutual

success

Encourage acceptance, inclusion for all
What is right vs what is easy

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Contribution

Being of service to others Opportunities to make a difference

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Coping

Supporting/modeling healthy

strategies for managing LOLT

Encourage a growth mindset

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Control

Believe in their ability to

succeed

Show them their power
Maintain high expectations
Let them know you care.

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Resilience

The achievement of a positive outcome in the face of adversity. Bending rather than breaking! Hope!

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Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.

― Mary Anne Radmacher

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Thank you!

Friends of Youth Jerry@friendsofyouth.org http://www.friendsofyouth.org/ Bellevue College Alcohol/Drug Counseling Program https://www.facebook.com/Bellevue-College-AlcoholDrug-Counseling- Program-198887840134782/ Counselor Camp 2018 http://riteofpassagejourneys.org/workshops_events/counselor-camp