Description
We live in times of global crises: COVID, climate and war. Therefore, the question that many schools struggle with is how to (re)build resilience. This workshop offers direction by first addressing how resilience should be understood and secondly by discussing five different approaches to resilience-building. As a framework, the Psychological Immunity-Psychological Elasticity (PI-PE) model of resilience is used. This model is based on the most recent understanding of resilience as a dynamic process. We elaborate what this process entails and invite participants to reflect on this model using their own experiences. From the PI-PE model five different approaches to resilience-building have been derived: 1) tolerance-enhancement approach, 2) narrative approach, 3) measured approach, 4) personal resource-based approach, and 5) an environmental resource-based approach. We illustrate what each approach entails, to which purpose and how they are used. We argue that the first step in (re)building resilience in schools is to educate both teachers and students about this process. In addition, we argue why resilience building requires our continuous attention and effort. At the end of this workshop participants are better able to explain the dynamic process of resilience to others and have a better understanding of how they can influence this process in order to enhance resilience, either their own or someone else’s.| Period | 9 Jul 2022 |
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| Event title | 43rd Annual Conference of the International School Psychology Association: From stress to trauma … and all the way back! |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Leuven, BelgiumShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- resilience
- mental health
- Prevention
- intervention