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County wide Resilience Symposium
Mecklenburg Resilience Symposium Friday, November 16th Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Featuring Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD Senior Fellow of The ChildTrauma Academy Symposium Description The American Psychological Association defines Resilience as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or significant sources of stress. Resilience is not a trait that people either have or do not have. It involves behaviors, thoughts and actions that can be learned and developed in anyone. This full day symposium will…
Find out more »Holiday Luncheon-Mindfulness During the Holidays!
Gather with your TFI colleagues at the lovely Duke Mansion to celebrate the holidays and learn how to make this season even more enjoyable by learning how to use mindfulness during this busy season with Kathryn Kokones from The Dragonfly Experiment!
Find out more »Personal Resilience for Teaching Professionals with Dr. Linda Hoopes
Dr. Linda Hoopes—Developing Personal Resilience Program Overview: Teachers have an important role in supporting and nurturing the resilience of their students. At the same time, they are often facing significant challenges in and out of the classroom that call on their own resilience. In this half-day workshop, we will discuss common and uncommon challenges in the lives of participants, and explore four building blocks of personal resilience that help you successfully address them: calming yourself, selecting strategies, solving problems,…
Find out more »An Evening with Rachel Simmons, Failing Well:Strategies for Resilience and Courage
Rachel Simmons- Best-selling author, educator and leadership consultant Failing Well: Strategies for Resilience and Courage March 28- Parent Speaker Series, GFT 7pm Rachel Simmons is the author of Enough As She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Healthy, Happy and Fulfilling Lives, and the New York Times bestsellers Odd Girl Out and The Curse of the Good Girl. As an educator, Rachel teaches girls and women skills to build their resilience,…
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