Rise & Thrive: Build Resiliency, Adaptability, and Mindfulness

Resilience is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.

A number of factors contribute to how well children adapt to adversities, including the ways in which individuals view and engage with the world, the availability and quality of social resources, and specific coping strategies.

This class will be taught based on the 7 C's of Resilience:

1. Competence: the sense that you have the ability and skills to deal with stressful situations and tough times

2. Confidence: activities that help with self-esteem

3. Connection: provide a social group where students can make friends and discuss topics while completing art projects and tasks

4. Character: discussions on the desire to do the right thing, and the strengths that support you to do so

5. Contribution: learn to look at talents, accomplishments, and contributions to the world

6. Coping: healthy ways to manage stressful times

7. Control: responsibility for choices


Class schedule:

-Introductions

- Group Discussion - Turning a negative into a positive! Students 
                                     will be presented with a scenario that is negative and students 
                                     will discuss positive ways to solve it. 

- Activity Time -         Students will complete an art/craft/writing activity that is aimed 
                                     at positivity, mindfulness, and adaptability. (Supplies will be 
                                     posted at the beginning of the week. These supplies are everyday 
                                     supplies you have around your house.)

-Story Time -               We will read a short story about overcoming obstacles. We will 
                                      then discuss.

- Journaling -              Students will be given a journaling assignment at the end of 
                                      every class to complete. They will not be required to share but 
                                      there will be opportunity at the beginning of each class. 

-Social Group -           Students are encouraged to talk to the teacher and amongst 
                                      themselves while finishing up any projects we started in class. 

-Good- byes -             Class reflections



Upcoming Topics
Week of:

March 18th 
Activity - Make an accomplishment jar
Jar, container, box, etc. Items for decorating; jewels, glue, tape, anything the child wants to use.

March 25th 
Activity - Create "mistake" art 
Paper, pencil, markers, crayons, chalk, etc.

April 1st
Activity - Empowering Playdough/Clay
Playdough or clay

April 8th 
Activity - "My Favorites" Drawing
Paper, pencil, markers, crayons, chalk, etc.

Children will need a composition or notebook for class and pencil. 

Please note: This offers techniques for navigating every day life obstacles. This class does not offer therapeutic support because that would be considered a medical service.