Compassion Resilience for Educators

Compassion Resiliency Resources

Resiliency

Resilience is not only for students. All of us face adversity. The ability to bounce back with new learning and strength can make a difference for our school communities. Each of us has a path to reaching our full potential.  Link to more information.

Resilience is defined as 'the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or even significant sources of stress'.

- American Psychological Association; http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/road-resilience.aspx

Compassion Resilience Toolkit for Schools

In education environments we want adults to be able to maintain a compassionate presence as they interact with children who face complex challenges. The Compassion Resilience Toolkit is a free resource for schools to engage their staff in understanding, recognizing and preventing/reversing compassion fatigue. The toolkit offers brief, flexible learning activities to be integrated into staff meetings, trainings, and ongoing communications. Developed by Sue McKenzie, Rogers InHealth.

Understanding Educator Resilience & Developing a Self-Care Plan

Full Webinar Available from the REMS TA Center provides educators and others in the educational community with a better understanding of resilience strategies that can be used to increase their ability to work more effectively with students impacted by stress, loss, and trauma. This Webinar provided information on the concepts of resilience and compassion fatigue, and the impact of stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue on the education environment; how to identify signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue; and, included concrete steps for developing a professional self-care plan.