Fostering Resilient students who THRIVE!
…”we must also celebrate the power of resilience. Many of us have found a way to survive the not-OK” (Souers & Hall, 2016 p. 23). […]
Resiliency in Learners
Fostering Resilience in the Science Classroom
According to Souers and Hall, resiliency in the classroom is defined as the building of strong relationships and creation of a safe classroom environment to […]
Trauma in the Class, What Do We Do?
What is Trauma? Trauma is pervasive in the high school setting. It’s pervasive everywhere, but it can be very prevalent in a high school classroom. […]
The Journey Towards Resilience
In Kristen Souers and Pete Halls book Fostering Resilient Learners, the impact of trauma and negative experiences is investigated through an educational lens to determine […]
Creating a Mindful, Trauma-Sensitive Classroom
“I am now challenging you to look beyond the behavior and focus on motive. If we can identify what may be motivating students to react, […]
A Note to the Teacher: Fostering Resilient Learners
When thinking of how to foster resilient learning in our students, we must first understand that many children have experienced different trauma-related events. These events […]
Science Teaching 2.0: Fostering Resilient Learners
What does it mean to foster resilient learners? The authors of Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom (2016), Kristen Souers, a licensed […]
Building Brilliant Resilience in the Classroom
Every year new students come into our classroom. We often don’t know what they’ve been through or what they’ve experienced, but we are able to […]
How to Foster Resilient Learners in the Classroom
On page 7 of the book Fostering Resilient Learners, the author mentions the responsibility of a teacher “to educate every single child who enters our […]
The Importance of Fostering Resilience in Students
Nearly 40% of students in the US have been exposed to some sort of traumatic event. This is troubling because when children are exposed to […]