Youth THRIVE Jump Start! Workshop
Thursday, October 18, 2018
4:00PM – 6:30PM BST
Location: Kagyu Samye Dzong London Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Centre
15 Spa Road, London, SE16 3SA, United Kingdom
Seating is limited, register today!
Youth THRIVE Jump Start! introduces a research-informed framework to create an environment in your school, organization or community that enables young people to thrive.
Research conducted at the National Resilience Institute over the past seven years is powerfully demonstrating that when we create environments for young people that are characterized by six essential elements, we increase positive outcomes in a wide range of areas such as social emotional skills and school success – and we decrease risk behaviors such as bullying, use of illegal substances, and withdrawal from others.
In this Workshop, you will learn:
The impact that trauma has on a child’s developing brain and how that influences behavior.
Trauma-sensitive ways to interact with youth and others.
The importance of self-awareness, self-regulation, self-care and self-mastery for those who work with young people.
How to examine the role that relationships played in your own development, and how that might be continuing to impact your relationships with others.
The THRIVE Resilience Model™ framework and the research behind it.
Outcomes connected to the THRIVE framework.
Applications and inspirations from using the THRIVE framework in a variety of settings.
Next steps towards developing a comprehensive plan for your organization to better support young people to identify, grow, and share their strengths.
Implementing the THRIVE framework will positively change the climate of your school or organization. You will walk away equipped to be more intentional, inclusive, and effective in building relationships that strengthen young people.
Who Should Attend? While we welcome all adults who want to learn more about using positive youth development research to grow stronger youth, we strongly encourage you to attend as a team of two or more people from your school, youth program, or other youth serving organization. This might include administrators, educators, counselors, community leaders, mentors, parent volunteers, or faith-based leaders.
Your Trainers
Mollie Marti, PhD, JD, is founding CEO and President of the nonprofit National Resilience Institute, host of the annual international Resilience Summit in Chicago, IL. She is a resilience researcher, author, and developer of the THRIVE Resilience Model™ framework. Dr. Marti lectures internationally in the areas of resilience, community-based crisis response, positive human development, and leadership, and provides resilience education directly to more than 250,000 households through her Resiliency Matters TV show via Mediacom. Prior to her nonprofit executive duties, she practiced law, directed a business educational company, served as Associate Director of a university research institute, and taught as an adjunct professor of psychology at the University Of Iowa.
Lisa Cherry is an author and a leading international trainer and consultant, specialising in assisting those in Education, Probation, Social Care and Adoption and Fostering to understand trauma, recovery and resilience for vulnerable children, young people and their families. Lisa has recently completed research on the impact of exclusion on children who were looked after away from home in the 1970’s and 1980’s.
Our Policy
Youth THRIVE Jump Start! is a research-informed workshop that lays the foundation for schools and youth serving organizations to introduce and begin implementation of the THRIVE Resilience Model framework. This workshop authorizes attendees to share the information and resources within their own site as part of their regular professional work. It does not provide training or information to the attendees on how to train others in their organization or adapt the framework to other contexts. Participants agree that they will not provide the Youth THRIVE curriculum to others or use the content in an entrepreneurial fashion. The PowerPoint and materials used at the Youth THRIVE Workshop are the copyrighted property of Mollie Marti, PhD and the National Resilience Institute. All rights reserved. Please send inquiries here.
It is possible to create an environment that enables all young people to thrive. We invite you to join us on this path forward!