resilience Archives - Kevin Plummer, PhD https://kevinplummerphd.com/tag/resilience/ School Clinical & Consulting Services Sat, 15 Feb 2025 18:09:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kevinplummerphd.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-KP-SCCS-900-1-75x75.png resilience Archives - Kevin Plummer, PhD https://kevinplummerphd.com/tag/resilience/ 32 32 Your Family is Your Firm Foothold: the foundation of your resilience https://kevinplummerphd.com/your-family-is-your-firm-foothold-the-foundation-of-your-resilience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=your-family-is-your-firm-foothold-the-foundation-of-your-resilience Sat, 15 Feb 2025 18:02:28 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=3409 “It is only when we are fully rooted that we are really able to move” —Madeleine L’Engle, A Wind In The Door   A “firm foothold” of our own family experience is a reminder of one way we derive our resilience which should never be assumed with the children we see. Direct Download (pdf)

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really able to move” —Madeleine L’Engle, A Wind In The Door

 

A “firm foothold” of our own family experience is a reminder of one way we derive our resilience which should never be assumed with the children we see.

Direct Download (pdf)

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]]> Fostering Resilience in Children https://kevinplummerphd.com/fostering-resilience-in-children/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fostering-resilience-in-children Wed, 07 Oct 2020 18:37:26 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=3125 Welcome to this series on fostering resilience in children—the role of the family. In this series, you will have a chance to understand how a compassionate family community can help children manage stress by strengthening their stress-recovery-system. Everyone has stress. Some people have a lot of stress. The size of the stress is not the […]

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]]> Welcome to this series on fostering resilience in children—the role of the family. In this series, you will have a chance to understand how a compassionate family community can help children manage stress by strengthening their stress-recovery-system.

Everyone has stress. Some people have a lot of stress. The size of the stress is not the concern. The concern is with a lack of recovery from stress episodes. Just a persistent worry, for example, can activate a stress response, and that can come way before the stressor even occurs. The most important thing, then, is to focus on how often and how quickly we can recover from a stress response. That’s what resilience is all about, getting the body to reset itself after a stress response and helping it stay longer in a settled state.

Part One: The Nature of Resilience
Part Two: The Family as a Compassionate Community
Part Three: Attunement and Empathic Listening
Part Four: Gratitude, Appreciation, and Positive Actions
Video: Fostering Resilience in Children: The Role of Family

 

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Positive Psychology and Student Learning Implications
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]]> Compassion Fatigue: Educator and Clinician Resilience Guide https://kevinplummerphd.com/compassion-fatigue-educator-and-clinician-resilience-guide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=compassion-fatigue-educator-and-clinician-resilience-guide Tue, 11 Aug 2020 15:41:40 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2987 Working in education (especially in therapeutic programs) will wear you down and wear you out unless you do something about it to ensure that, instead; working in education gives you a strong sense of purpose and fulfillment. The work can be emotional and it can be chronically stressful, so we should ensure that we take […]

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]]> Working in education (especially in therapeutic programs) will wear you down and wear you out unless you do something about it to ensure that, instead; working in education gives you a strong sense of purpose and fulfillment. The work can be emotional and it can be chronically stressful, so we should ensure that we take good care of ourselves. Our psychological and emotional health is…

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Compassion Fatigue: Educator and Clinician Resilience Guide (this page)
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Minimizing Compassion Fatigue
Options for Creating a Resilience Plan: From Protect to Revitalize
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Direct Download: Resilience Guide

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