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Thank you to Nevin Mindlin and Rob Shoaff for this inspiring word art!

The West Shore Foundation purchased the film Resilience and the teachers at the district are leading this effort to educate the community. All community members are welcome--from anywhere in the area. You will learn about Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience and we will follow with a discussion of what we can do to build the resilience of our communities in South Central Pennsylvania. Feel free to bring others--we recommend including adolescents 14 years of age and above! Free...

This site contains is great introductory 10 minute video about the need for trauma sensitive schools, as well as a variety of resources for your use! Let's keep on building resiliency and trauma sensitivity in whatever we do. https://traumasensitiveschools.org/why/

A friend referred me to this article on Three Principles to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families. These include: Principle 1: Support Responsive Relationships Principle 2: Strengthen Core Life Skills Principle 3: Reduce Sources of Stress Take a look and add your comments so we can learn from each other... https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/three-early-childhood-development-principles-improve-child-family-outcomes/

I just came upon this interesting resource for our teachers, whether they teach public or private school, cub scouts or karate. It is a curriculum for Trauma Training for Educators. It appears that one could use the entire curriculum or parts of it, obviously with thought about how it will intersect with current curriculum and trauma and resilience techniques. We all know that many students have a history of trauma. I believe it is important to practice universal precautions which is...

This is the first showing of the film Resilience by the West Shore School District. Red Mill Elementary is at 700 Red Mill Rd., Etters, PA. The West Shore Foundation purchased the film and the teachers at the district are leading this effort. All are welcome--from anywhere in the area. You will learn about Resilience and we will follow with a discussion of what we can do to build the resilience of our communities in South Central Pennsylvania. Feel free to bring others--we recommend...

When I was in the throws of parenting, I often saw good ideas to help build our children's resiliency, but then life got busy and I couldn't find the ideas when I needed them. Here is a short list of 10 recommendations to help build your child's resiliency. Actually, you can use these for yourself as well, since your resilience will influence your children's too. If you have comments, please post!

This was produced by KPJR Films, and edited by Jen Bradwell.