Building Student Resilience


 Building Student Resilience 

By Michael Arrington MS, MFT


Attention, all educators and school administrators! Are you interested in helping your students build resilience? As we navigate the challenges of the 21st century, it's more important than ever to equip our young people with the tools they need to bounce back from setbacks and overcome obstacles.

Building resilience is not just about being tough or weathering storms. It's about developing the skills and mindset to adapt to change, learn from failure, and persevere through difficult times. And as educators, we have a unique opportunity to teach and model these skills for our students.

So how can we help students build resilience? One approach is to focus on fostering a growth mindset, emphasizing the power of effort and perseverance over innate ability. We can also teach students to reframe challenges as opportunities for growth and learning, rather than insurmountable obstacles.

At the same time, it's important to recognize that resilience is not something that can be built overnight. It requires practice and support over time, and it's essential to create a supportive and nurturing environment in which students feel safe taking risks and learning from mistakes.

As we look to the future, it's clear that building resilience will be an essential skill for success in all areas of life. By working together as educators to teach and model resilience, we can help our students thrive in the face of adversity and reach their full potential. Let's get started! #success #growth #learning #future #students #educationalleadership

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Michaels contributions have led to student successes. As of 2021 he has taken 112 high school students who lack of motivation, focus and credits to graduate, to incentivized and goal orientated students able to reach their academic potential. These 112 students are all set to graduate in the class of 2022. Eighty-one of the 112 students will be enrolled in community college and 4 directly to universities this fall. He also remains active in professional associations, frequently presenting research at the American Educational Research Association and the Critical Race Studies in Education Association. Michael also helped create a mental health unit for youth who were incarcerated in juvenile hall. This unit was designed to provide treatment to youth incarcerated that suffer from mental health issues, trauma, or suicidal ideations.