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Developing Resilience Through Mindful Parenting

Saratoga Union School District Jill Kaminski MA, PPS Elementary School Counselor Bronwen Stern Intern

Agenda

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Part I: What is Resiliency?

• Defining and how to build it

Part II: Mindfulness Techniques

• You’ve got this! Ideas to help your child bounce back

Part III: Tips and Strategies to Improve Resiliency

• Every little bit counts

What words come to mind when you think of resiliency?

Resilience- What is it?

• The ability to bounce back after overcoming an

intense, stressful or difficult situation. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

• Nelson Mandela

Science of Resilience

Stages of Resilience

• Childhood

○ Stick with it

• Adolescence

○ Recognize and identify

• Adults

○ Continuing to learn

Why Failure is Important

• Imperfection is a part of life
• Builds a skill set
• Personal, academic or social
• Gain independence

How to Help Your Child Build Techniques for Resilience

• Show empathy

○ I can see how disappointed you are

• Be a model

○ How do you handle disappointment?

• Teachable moment

○ Create a plan

How to Help Your Child Build Techniques for Resilience

• Talk with your child

○ When______ happened, what did you say to yourself? Why do you think it happened?

• If your child is catastrophizing

○ Think of 3 possible outcomes (best, worst, most likely) ○ Create plans of action

Games & Activities That Promote Grit

• Conduct grit interviews
• “Hard Thing Rule” Game
• 1. Choose something hard to accomplish
• 2. Must finish what you start
• 3. Everyone must choose their own

Games & Activities That Promote Grit

• Grit Pie

○ Identify the problem “The Pie” ○ Slice the pie ○ Find more causes to the problem

• Learn about famous “gritty” individuals

○ Michael Jordan

Positive Impact

• f Family Time
• Household responsibilities

○ Doing chores together

• Have unstructured time

○ Child chooses how time will be spent

• Eating around the table

○ Communication is key

• Engage in read aloud

The Takeaway

Resilience...

• Is a lifelong process
• Allows you to keep your balance
• It is in the person and the environment
• Family time plays a key role

Sources

1) Anasuri, Sadguna. (2016). Building resilience during Life Stages: Current Status and Strategies. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science. 6. 1-9. 2) Center on the Developing Child (2015). The Science of Resilience(InBrief). Retrieved from www.developingchild.harvard.edu 3) Barish, Kenneth. (2015). How to raise an emotionally resilient child. PBS Parents. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/parents/expert-tips-advice/2015/11/how-to-raise-an-emotionally-resilient-child/

4) Arky, Beth. Help Kids Learn to Fail | Building Self-Esteem in Children. Child Mind Institute. Retrieved

from https://childmind.org/article/how-to-help-kids-learn-to-fail/ 5)

WIlson, Catherine. (2017). Helping kids bounce back from setbacks. Focus on the Family. Retrieved from https://www.focusonthefamily.ca/content/helping-kids-bounce-back-from-setbacks 6) Cullins, Ashley. (2018). 9 Activities To Build Grit and Resilience in Children. Big Life Journal.

Retrieved from https://biglifejournal.com/blogs/blog/activities-grit-resilience-children