The Invisible Backpack
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Building Resilience & Perseverance in Our Students
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Resilience and perseverance are crucial life skills that educators can help struggling students learn. How do we maximize our influence with each student and best prepare them for their futures given their life challenges?
ELDON'S SESSIONS:
Session 1 – A Tale of 2 Backpacks
Each day children and youth come to school with a backpack full of school supplies and lunch. Often there are surprises at the bottom of the backpack!! Each child also carries an invisible backpack filled with the stories about their lives that a school staff person may know nothing about. Knowing what is hidden in the invisible backpack can give us clues about their poor school connection; struggling with academic achievement; and difficulty connecting with peers and adults. Thinking differently about how to manage struggling students when we often don’t know their hidden stories will make a difference in how to approach them. Strategies will be…