• Additional Resources
  • ACES Aware fundamentals-

  https://www.acesaware.org/ace-fundamentals/

  • Soothe Your Nervous System Card Deck by Gwynn Raimondi- https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/card-deck-soothe-your-nervous-system-by-gwynn-raimond
  • The power of WHY over WHAT Michael Jr 

  Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-2H5MVPXMs

  Article- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/know-your-why_b_9512688

  • Simon Sinek – WHY We Do what we Do

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkwKDwVI1D0

  • What’s Your Purpose? Finding A Sense Of Meaning In Life Is Linked To Health

  https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/25/726695968/whats-your-purpose-finding-a-sense-of-meaning-in-life-is-linked-to-health

  • Why Having A Strong ‘Why’ Statement Is The Key To Staying Motivated And Focused

  https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-having-a-strong-why-statement-is-the-key-to-staying_b_5983ca40e4b0bd823202969e

  • Preventing Burnout- Start with your why- http://www.pauldechantmd.com/focus-on-your-why/

• Additional Resources
  • ACES Aware fundamentals-

  https://www.acesaware.org/ace-fundamentals/

  • Soothe Your Nervous System Card Deck by Gwynn Raimondi- https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/card-deck-soothe-your-nervous-system-by-gwynn-raimond
  • The power of WHY over WHAT Michael Jr 

  Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-2H5MVPXMs

  Article- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/know-your-why_b_9512688

  • Simon Sinek – WHY We Do what we Do

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkwKDwVI1D0

  • What’s Your Purpose? Finding A Sense Of Meaning In Life Is Linked To Health

  https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/25/726695968/whats-your-purpose-finding-a-sense-of-meaning-in-life-is-linked-to-health

  • Why Having A Strong ‘Why’ Statement Is The Key To Staying Motivated And Focused

  https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-having-a-strong-why-statement-is-the-key-to-staying_b_5983ca40e4b0bd823202969e

  • Preventing Burnout- Start with your why- http://www.pauldechantmd.com/focus-on-your-why/

What is a Resilience Champion? – Activity & Discussion

Each week you will have access to a downloadable version of the activity & discussion post (may also include a worksheet).

Activity: Work through the following questions either individually or as part of your Resilience Champion team. (Use may use the worksheets as a tool to support the activity.)

• Choose a hat:  Think about the different roles you play within the various settings of  your professional and professional life. What are some of those hats (ie. parent, employee, coach, etc)? Which hat are you going to choose to focus on in the Resilience Champion course?
• Identify your team: As you create your team, consider structural inequities that may influence the make-up of who has a seat at the table and whose table it is. Remember the inequities discussed in the Social & Historical Trauma section in The Basics and how they can influence the power structure of your setting. This is about more than just inclusivity; it’s about redesigning our systems and structures.

Discussion post:  Post your answer to these questions on the discussion section:

• Briefly introduce yourself and your team
• Which hat are you wearing for this course?

Join the Discussion

What is a Resilience Champion? – Additional Resources

Additional Resources:

• 14 Free Brainstorming Tools To Facilitate Innovation
  https://tallyfy.com/brainstorming-tools/

• Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making, 3rd Edition
  https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Facilitator%27s+Guide+to+Participatory+Decision+Making%2C+3rd+Edition-p-9781118404959

• Real Life Resilience Champions from Origins – our blog post that summarizes the premise for this course (yes, a little bit of a shameless plug!)
  https://originstraining.org/real-life-resilience-champions-2-0/

• TED talk by Nadine Burke Harris on how childhood trauma affects health
  https://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=293066

• Trauma and Resiliency: A Systems Change Approach – includes an overview of sample trauma and resiliency-informed systems change initiatives from around the country
  http://www.first5la.org/files/Trauma.pdf

• The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design by IDEO.org – for those who are interested in learning more about the approach
  http://www.designkit.org/resources/1

• Community Tracker Milestones from ACEs Connection – helps track how many steps toward becoming trauma-informed an organization has taken.
  http://www.acesconnection.com/blog/community-tracker-milestones

Join the Discussion

Setting the Foundation – Activity & Discussion

Each week you will have access to a downloadable version of the activity & discussion post.

Work through the following activities as part of your team. (You may want to use the separate worksheets as a tool to support the activities).

• • Define your team: As you create your team, consider structural inequities and power dynamics that may influence the make-up of who has a seat at the table, whose table it is, and who is setting the agenda. This is about more than just inclusivity; it’s about redesigning our systems and structures.
  • Establish Agreements:  With your team, create a set of agreements that reflect how your group will live the principles of a trauma-informed approach. These agreements will help guide the culture of your team. You may want to reference the principles of a trauma-informed approach as a guide and ask the question, “How will we create a culture of (physical and emotional) safety?” As you develop these agreements, include conversations about how to navigate conflict, time management, meeting structure, and internal/external communication. Identify any barriers that might get in the way of living the agreements. You and your team may want to revisit these agreements over time. 
  • Create a plan to “take it home”:  As you lead this work, you will be introducing concepts from the Resilience Champion Workshop Series to your organization. Start to identify concrete ways you will put this work into action.
• Here are some examples of how you might do this:
  • Incorporate trauma-informed meeting practices in your organization. This could include starting meetings with a mindfulmoment or offering choices around ways participants can engage during the meeting.
  • Introduce shared language concepts–such as Dan Siegel’s hand model to explain how we respond to stress–with peers or clients.
  • Continue the conversation with staff about why they are doing the work they are doing within your organization and explore how a trauma-informed approach might support them living that why.

Discussion post:  Post your answer to these questions on the discussion section:

• What are some ways you will take home the learnings from this week and start to introduce these concepts into your organization?

Join the Discussion

Setting the Foundation – Activity & Discussion

Each week you will have access to a downloadable version of the activity & discussion post.

Work through the following activities as part of your team. (You may want to use the separate worksheets as a tool to support the activities).

• • Define your team: As you create your team, consider structural inequities and power dynamics that may influence the make-up of who has a seat at the table, whose table it is, and who is setting the agenda. This is about more than just inclusivity; it’s about redesigning our systems and structures.
  • Establish Agreements:  With your team, create a set of agreements that reflect how your group will live the principles of a trauma-informed approach. These agreements will help guide the culture of your team. You may want to reference the principles of a trauma-informed approach as a guide and ask the question, “How will we create a culture of (physical and emotional) safety?” As you develop these agreements, include conversations about how to navigate conflict, time management, meeting structure, and internal/external communication. Identify any barriers that might get in the way of living the agreements. You and your team may want to revisit these agreements over time. 
  • Create a plan to “take it home”:  As you lead this work, you will be introducing concepts from the Resilience Champion Workshop Series to your organization. Start to identify concrete ways you will put this work into action.
• Here are some examples of how you might do this:
  • Incorporate trauma-informed meeting practices in your organization. This could include starting meetings with a mindfulmoment or offering choices around ways participants can engage during the meeting.
  • Introduce shared language concepts–such as Dan Siegel’s hand model to explain how we respond to stress–with peers or clients.
  • Continue the conversation with staff about why they are doing the work they are doing within your organization and explore how a trauma-informed approach might support them living that why.

Discussion post:  Post your answer to these questions on the discussion section:

• What are some ways you will take home the learnings from this week and start to introduce these concepts into your organization?

Join the Discussion

What is a Resilience Champion? – Additional Resources

Additional Resources:

• 14 Free Brainstorming Tools To Facilitate Innovation
  https://tallyfy.com/brainstorming-tools/

• Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making, 3rd Edition
  https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Facilitator%27s+Guide+to+Participatory+Decision+Making%2C+3rd+Edition-p-9781118404959

• Real Life Resilience Champions from Origins – our blog post that summarizes the premise for this course (yes, a little bit of a shameless plug!)
  https://originstraining.org/real-life-resilience-champions-2-0/

• TED talk by Nadine Burke Harris on how childhood trauma affects health
  https://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=293066

• Trauma and Resiliency: A Systems Change Approach – includes an overview of sample trauma and resiliency-informed systems change initiatives from around the country
  http://www.first5la.org/files/Trauma.pdf

• The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design by IDEO.org – for those who are interested in learning more about the approach
  http://www.designkit.org/resources/1

• Community Tracker Milestones from ACEs Connection – helps track how many steps toward becoming trauma-informed an organization has taken.
  http://www.acesconnection.com/blog/community-tracker-milestones

Join the Discussion

What is a Resilience Champion? – Activity & Discussion

Each week you will have access to a downloadable version of the activity & discussion post (may also include a worksheet).

Activity: Work through the following questions either individually or as part of your Resilience Champion team. (Use may use the worksheets as a tool to support the activity.)

• Choose a hat:  Think about the different roles you play within the various settings of  your professional and professional life. What are some of those hats (ie. parent, employee, coach, etc)? Which hat are you going to choose to focus on in the Resilience Champion course?
• Identify your team: As you create your team, consider structural inequities that may influence the make-up of who has a seat at the table and whose table it is. Remember the inequities discussed in the Social & Historical Trauma section in The Basics and how they can influence the power structure of your setting. This is about more than just inclusivity; it’s about redesigning our systems and structures.

Discussion post:  Post your answer to these questions on the discussion section:

• Briefly introduce yourself and your team
• Which hat are you wearing for this course?

Join the Discussion

What is a Resilience Champion? – Feedback

You made it through Session 1! (Isn’t this class super fun?)

The survey will be the same format each for session consisting of 4 questions that you will rank from 1-5 stars (with 1 being low and 5 being high).

Please use the last 2 answer boxes to comment on the course.

We look forward to continued improvement and celebration of successes!

Setting the Foudnation – Feedback

You made it through Session 1! (Isn’t this class super fun?)

The survey will be the same format each for session consisting of 4 questions that you will rank from 1-5 stars (with 1 being low and 5 being high).

Please use the last 2 answer boxes to comment on the course.

We look forward to continued improvement and celebration of successes!