Please Stop Calling Me At Risk: The Power of Resilience in
Todays Youth- Four Rules for the Road Ahead John W. Hodge, Ed.D.
[email protected] Slide 2 ULLC Consulting and Family Services
Slide 3 Goals for Today Participants will be able to explain the
resilience phenomenon Participants will be able to list 4 effective
ways to develop resilience in todays youth (PreK 12) Slide 4 Please
Stop Calling Me At-Risk. Bathsheba Jackson At Risk Whats wrong with
the term? Slide 5 Major Stress Video Demo! Parents Educators
Service Providers Slide 6 As soon as you think youve figured things
out Slide 7 The Research is Clear! Children labeled at-risk can be
successful if Slide 8 Resilience Defined Resilience refers to the
ability to bounce back, recover, or form a successful adaptation in
the face of obstacles and adversity. (Zunz, Turner, & Norman,
1993, p. 170) Slide 9 Internal Conversion Process: The Heart &
Mind Protective Factors Risk Factors SUCCESS FAILURE School Home
COMMUNITY Assets Deficits ULLC Resilience Framework X Page 1 Slide
10 Why is Resilience Important in Title I Schools? Research
suggests that the resilient child: Is self motivated and goal
oriented if supported Remains on task, completes assignments
Establishes relationships with helpful adults Comes to school Works
hard Does NOT drop out of high school Slide 11 Solutions How can we
help kids become more resilient? 4 Simple Rules Slide 12 Our Pilot
School 1999 - 2004 An Achievable Dream Academy 99% Poverty 97%
Minority K-8 Public School Slide 13 Four General Rules Rule
#1:Remember our ultimate purpose. Rule #2:Use S.A.M.E. as a guide.
Rule #3:Believe that success is possible. Rule #4:Teach children to
dream. Page 1 Slide 14 No significant learning takes places without
a relationship. Comer Slide 15 Rule #1 Remember Our Ultimate
Purpose! Slide 16 A Personal Story Growing Up on My Side of Town
Slide 17 Systemic Strategies vs. The Luck of the Draw Ernest:
Business Paul: Doctor John: Educator Quin: Business B-boy: Dead
Eric: 25 to Life Shaun: Life J.E.: Paroled Our charge as educators
is to GUARANTEE our students a successful future and NOT leave it
in the hands of fate! Dr. Harvey Perkins Slide 18 7 th Infantry
Division Slide 19 Systemic Strategies vs. The Luck of the Draw
Ernest: Business Paul: Doctor John: Educator Quin: Business B-boy:
Dead Eric: 25 to Life Shaun: Life J.E.: Paroled Our charge as
educators is to GUARANTEE our students a successful future and NOT
leave it in the hands of fate! Dr. Harvey Perkins Slide 20 Systemic
Strategies vs. The Luck of the Draw Ernest: Business Paul: Doctor
John: Educator Quin: Business B-boy: Dead Eric: 25 to Life Shaun:
Life J.E.: Paroled I Have Seen the Price of Academic Failure! Its a
Matter of Life and Death. Mrs. Dawson Other Teachers Our Job! Slide
21 Ms. Dawson knew her ultimate purpose! Our charge as educators is
to GUARANTEE our students a successful future and NOT leave it in
the hands of fate! Dr. Harvey Perkins Slide 22 Pear St. Slide 23 61
My Neighborhood Slide 24 Rule #2 Use S.A.M.E. as a Guide!
(Social-Academic-Moral-Education) In Other Words, Teach the Whole
Child! Slide 25 How members of the school community behave What
members of the school community believe How members of the school
community engage in teaching and learning The S.A.M.E. Pathway You
can be a straight-A student and still flunk life. Page 2 Slide 26
Adults & Students Adults & Students Adults & Students
The S.A.M.E. Pathway You can be a straight-A student and still
flunk life. Slide 27 Social Environment: Adults Celebrate
Accomplishments Secure the Social Network (mentors) Model
Collaboration Become Proficient in Conflict Resolution Strategies
Slide 28 How members of the school community behave What members of
the school community believe How members of the school community
engage in teaching and learning The S.A.M.E. Pathway You can be a
straight-A student and still flunk life. Slide 29 Look like you are
somebody going someplace. Slide 30 How members of the school
community behave What members of the school community believe How
members of the school community engage in teaching and learning The
S.A.M.E. Pathway You can be a straight-A student and still flunk
life. Slide 31 Show Self Discipline S.L.A.N.T. 1.Sit toward the
front 2. Lean forward 3. Ask questions 4. Nod your head 5. Talk to
your teachers Slide 32 Slide 33 Did it Work? Our Results Slide 34
Our Pilot School 1999 - 2004 An Achievable Dream Academy 99%
Poverty 97% Minority K-8 Public School Slide 35 Geometry Algebra
Science English Social Studies 100% 89% 100% 90% 6-8 2004 Scores
Slide 36 1999 Scores Geometry Math Social Studies 0% 28% 9% Slide
37 Rule #3 Believe That Success is Possible Slide 38 John Or Walter
Slide 39 Which Student is More Likely? John Great Athlete B Student
Son of a Ph.D. Nurturing Neighbors Extremely good public speaker
Very popular in school Highly recruited by colleges Almost always
avoids trouble Attends school regularly Walter More focused on
extracurricular activities than academics Works far below potential
in some classes Some consider father to be verbally abusive Lives
near 2nd highest crime area in the city Awkward in public and
extremely shy Very few close friends No idea what the future holds
for him Suspended for fighting in school Chronically tardy for
afternoon class Page 2 Slide 40 Four General Rules Rule #1:Remember
our ultimate purpose. Rule #2:Use S.A.M.E. as a guide. Rule
#3:Believe that success is possible. Rule #4:Teach children to
dream. Slide 41 Rule #4 Teach Children To Dream Video Slide 42
Teach Children to Dream Slide 43 Slide 44 U.S. Naval Academy Class
of 2011 Slide 45 Where is Bathsheba Today? Please Stop Calling Me
At-Risk. Bathsheba Jackson Slide 46 What if your bad habits could
speak to you? What if you discovered they had stripped you of all
of your rights: the freedom to pursue happiness, to speak, to love?
How would you introduce change and at what point would you be
willing to go to war to fight for your freedom? What Happens to
"Them" When You Change is an offering of the heart, through which
the author aims to help bridge the gap between the change you seek
and the resources you need in order to makeor let change happen. No
Longer Hidden is an account of my journey through life, captured in
metaphorical images and lyrical format. Poetry permits a person to
see through a kaleidoscopic lens as the sequence of life events
presents challenges that would be unbearable if not written in
melodic form. Where the book serves as a cutting board for me, a
space for dissecting my innermost feelings, it is also an entree
served to the reader, since one may be able to absorb secret truths
as he or she ingests each piece of poetry. The debut book by
Bathsheba Smithen invites readers along as she, at the age of 25,
confronts the harsh realities of her existence-the product of
adultery between her mother and a married pastor; growing up as one
of twelve children; and being molested in early adolescence. Who
Cares What You Think...So What You Think? is an urban, creative
memoir that concerns the emotional struggles of a young woman who
finds it difficult to embrace her identity in the midst of an often
judgmental society. Slide 47 Please Stop Calling Me At Risk: The
Power of Resilience in Todays Youth- Four Rules for the Road Ahead
John W. Hodge, Ed.D. [email protected] Slide 48 Learn More
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