A Full Value Approach to Building Resilience: Helping Students Navigate Life’s Challenges

* New Location: CIC, 9 Church Street, Bernardsville, NJ 07924

Concerned about the emotional and physical safety of your students during these challenging times? This workshop will introduce you to the tools needed for effective intervention.

We focus on integrating the Five Factors of Resilience—as identified in the National Institute of Health 2022 report, Suicide Resilience: A Concept Analysis—into classroom practices.

Participants will:

• Learn the Five Factors of Resilience that reduce self-injurious behavior in children.
• Connect these factors to practical classroom strategies using the Full Value Commitment framework.

Key Themes:

• Help-Seeking Normalization – Encouraging openness in asking for and offering help.
• Fostering Belonging and Support – Creating inclusive, supportive classroom environments.
• Coping Strategies – Teaching mindfulness and emotional regulation techniques.
• Inner Strength – Helping students recognize and build personal strengths.
• Goal Setting for Meaning – Guiding students to set purposeful, personally meaningful goals.

Approach:

• Experiential learning through hands-on activities.
• Focus on theory-to-practice connections.
• Emphasis on community, emotional intelligence, psychological strength, and personal responsibility.

This workshop will also offer the opportunity to learn and practice strategies and techniques for self-care, as caring for oneself enhances the ability to care for others!