Robinson Workshop: Creating 'Bounce Back' Kids

A workshop is scheduled next week at Robinson Secondary School to help parents raise "a resilient child."

Wondering what that term means?

According to a notice about the workshop on the Fairfax County Public Schools Web site: "Resiliency is the ability to overcome, and transcend adversity—including   trauma, crises, and/or all types of stress…or, in the words of one high school student, resiliency is 'bouncing back from problems and stuff with more power and more smarts.'"

Robinson Secondary School will host the workshop: "Resiliency In Action: How Families, Schools and Communities Create 'Bounce Back' Kids," presented Tuesday, Jan. 29 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the school.

The workshop will be presented by Nan Henderson, M.S.W., president of Resiliency in Action.

According to information about the workshop provided on the Fairfax County Public Schools' Web site, the workshop will explore:
                                                                                             
The research foundation of resiliency…

•           Where has it comes from?
•           How does resiliency happen?
•           Can all kids be more resilient?

The workshop will ask and answer:

1. Why is building resilient “Bounce Back Kids” so crucial today?
2. Applying the research to the children you care about.
3. The “Four Most Important Steps  to Fostering Resiliency”
4. The amazing connection between resiliency and academic success
5. The power of one person to change the course of a young person’s life

Parents can register for the workshop here.