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The Lived Experiences Of Vulnerable Youth, Their Resilience And The Implications Of Learning Post Covid19, Patrese A. Mason Dr. Mar 2022

The Lived Experiences Of Vulnerable Youth, Their Resilience And The Implications Of Learning Post Covid19, Patrese A. Mason Dr.

National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference

Brief Program Description: Everyone has lived experiences that they bring to the table and youth are no different. A strong sense of valuing those experiences are essential to the implications of one’s teaching and learning. To value students’ lived experiences cultivates sense of agency, self-compassion, self-efficacy thus builds and honors their capacity for resilience and more successful academic outcomes.


Promoting Resilience In Youth Through A Group Poetry And Art Making Program, Nile V. Stanley, Steffani Fletcher Mar 2022

Promoting Resilience In Youth Through A Group Poetry And Art Making Program, Nile V. Stanley, Steffani Fletcher

National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference

Hope at Hand, Inc. is a North Florida nonprofit that uses therapeutic art and poetry lessons to help marginalized youth recognize and overcome circumstances that limit their successful participation in society. The presentation will demonstrate interventions informed by narrative psychological research to improve resilience through the coping strategies of (1) social competence, (2) problem-solving skills, (3) autonomy, (4) sense of purpose, and (5) life story reframing.