Building Resilient Students

Kate Thomsen is the Supervisor of Special Programs for Onondaga-Cortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), Syracuse, New York. She is also an Adjunct Instructor at Syracuse Univer-sity's Graduate School of Education and Counseling. As part of her responsibilities, she supervises the programs of 40 coun- selors in a school-based drug and alcohol abuse prevention program. She frequently offers workshops on resiliency and related topics. Kate is cofounder and cochair of a local coali-tion, Prevention Partners for Youth Development, which works to integrate youth development principles, especially resiliency and asset development, into all youth services in Onondaga County. A secondary English teacher with a master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Syracuse University and a CAS in Educational Administration from State University of New York at Oswego, she has spent her career working in both school and community agency settings. She draws on this experience to offer many ideas and examples for building resiliency in youth.

Foreword - Nan Henderson Preface Who Is Responsible for Building Resilience in Students? Using Resiliency Theory Is Good Educational Practice Validating the Art of Teaching and Common Sense Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Resiliency: The Basics Nan Henderson and the Resiliency Attitude Enter Henderson and Milstein's Resiliency Wheel Foundations of Resiliency Overview of Benard's Model Overview of the Wolins' Model The Challenge Model as It Relates to Brief, Solution-Oriented Therapy Overview of Asset Building Summary 2. Character Education and Building Resilience Character Education Lost What Is Character Education? Working the Wheel Summary 3. Multiple Intelligences Theory and Building Resilience Multiple Intelligences and Resiliency Introduction to Multiple-Intelligences Theory The Eight Intelligences How an Intelligence Develops Putting Multiple Intelligences to Use How Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences Interrelate Working the Wheel Summary 4. Emotional Intelligence and Building Resilience Emotion Is the Key Emotional Intelligence Theory The Physiology of Emotions Putting Emotional Intelligence Theory Into Use Working the Wheel Summary 5. Service Learning and Building Resilience Origins of the Concept of Service Learning Confusion Surrounding Service Learning Your Goals Drive Your Service Learning Continuum of Service Learning Service Learning and Building Resilience Working the Wheel Summary 6. Violence Prevention and Building Resilience Understanding Low-Level Violence Working the Wheel Summary Conclusion Resource A: Checklist for Assessing Students' Multiple Intelligences Resource B: True Colors Word Sort Resource C: Additional Resources References Index

"At a time when student testing is at an all-time high, Kate Thomsen reminds us that as educators we are in the human potential business. This user-friendly book provides an overview of key educational trends, so teachers can easily incorporate the best of what works." -- Rob Bocchino, Co-founder "Kate Thomsen's book is a must-read for every educator. She has synthesized the wisdom from educational megatrends of the past decades and shows us how to foster healthier, safer, and more resilient students by integrating these major learnings into what we already do. I love this book!" -- Beverly Title, Co-founder