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Going Deeper on Resilience: Companion Slides to the Film

Learn about brain development, toxic stress, ACEs, mindfulness, empathy, and resilience strategies for children and adults. Understand the impacts of adversity, trauma, and stress on learning and behavior, and discover science-informed actions to promote well-being. Equip yourself with tools for fostering resilience and coping skills for individuals and communities.

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Going Deeper on Resilience: Companion Slides to the Film

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  1. Going Deeper on Resilience:Companion Slides to the Film January 28. 2109 Screening in Columbia, SC, hosted by WREN and the S.C. Department of Education Prepared by Janice M. Gruendel, Ph.D., M.Ed. Senior Fellow, ICS We recommend viewing these slides in “presentation” mode for full access.

  2. We have devised a simple way to talk about brain development: The Arc of Science Trauma Toxic Stress Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) Mindfulness Self-control Kindness Health Hope Happiness Empathy Resilience Poverty Racism & Implicit bias Educational and health inequity Politics… The early years really matter Intertwined cognitive and social-emotional development Executive function Self–regulation Empathy Gruendel, 2.7.18

  3. Individual trauma and societal stress is all around us. This is not OK

  4. When Stress Becomes Toxic NORMAL STRESS Getting immunized; Meeting new people; First day at school. First day at work. Taking a test. Trying a new sport. Presenting big ideas at a public meeting TOLERABLE STRESS Serious Illness; Death of a loved one; Frightening accident; Acrimonious divorce; Persistent discrimination TOXIC STRESS Tolerable stress that is not buffered by caring, actively-present adults (or peers). The body’s stress system activates and stays at high levels “like revving a car’s engine for hours every day.” Toxic Stress causes damage at the cellular level of our bodies, impacts our health and mental health, and can be passed from one generation to the next at the genomic level.

  5. We See the Learning and Behavioral Impacts of ACES in Academics

  6. Children find ways to tell us about their lives. This is a real story. The Ghost and the Girl

  7. The early years really matter • The more types of early adversity in the early years, the greater risk of children’s developmental delays before the age of 3. • A child’s developmental delays, language, social-emotional and behavioral challenges can reduce school readiness and hurt academic performance • Living with trauma and toxic stress changes the biology of body and mind across generations.

  8. What can we do that is better than the best we have done so far?

  9. Build Resilience THERE IS GOOD NEWS—THE SCIENCE CAN HELP US… It says, to raise kids who are healthy, safe, smart and strong “we” need to invest in…

  10. Opioids We can learn to listen with humility… Child Abuse or Neglect Violence. Death. Separation Trauma. Disability Domestic Violence. Divorce because everybody has a story

  11. Exercise, touch, smiling, hugs, music, deep breathing, babies and pets release OXYTOCIN DOPAMINE ENDORPHINS We can learn the biology… Trauma and chronic toxic stress release CORTISOL and ADRENALINE Happiness Calmness, Love Empathy Working through pain Fight Flight Freeze

  12. We can build science-informed actions Promote executive function development and self-regulation Focus on empathy and social-emotional learning Increase trauma-informed practice in our classrooms and programs Meet children and families where they are Do you need help? Recognize that sometimes we are the buffers to toxic stress Create wellness opportunities for ourselves Keep an eye on our backpacks and learn to tell our stories… Improve our Intervention Knowledge and Skills

  13. We can provide opportunities for children (and adults) to learn and practice mindfulness Click

  14. We can be brave and keep deep-talking, together…

  15. We all carry a backpack, children and adults alike, filled (sometimes to overflowing) with all of our lived experience So, what’s in your backpack, and how is your body, mind and heart processing the experiences of the moment?

  16. More Information? For more information on the Resilience documentary and free content you can use in your own work: https://kpjrfilms.co/resilience/bonus-content/ Slides prepared by Janice M. Gruendel, Ph.D., M.Ed. Senior Fellow, ICS Interested in learning more about Resilience or hosting an event in your community? Please contact Janice by email jgruendel@instituteforchildsuccess.org Janice.Gruendel@aya.yale.edu

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