Mental Health & Well-Being: Resiliency

Together for Mental Health: Everyone, Everyday

Developing positive mental health is important to academic achievement and overall well-being.

What is resilience? Resilience is the ability to cope with challenges or changes in your life, like bouncing back after hard times, giving things a try and standing up for yourself.  

You can start to build resilience by asking yourself these questions when faced with a tough situation: 

• How can I help myself? 

• What can I control? 

• How can I adapt? 

• What can I learn from this? 

• Who can help? 

• What’s the positive in this? 

Instead of staying frustrated or upset, or giving up in a tough situation, try to think through these questions.

Parent/Guardian/Caregiver Information - Resiliency

As parents we always want to support our children during difficult times and make things better for them, but experiencing difficult times are a part of life that cannot be avoided. All of us will experience challenges and roadblocks in our life, but if we can view these bumpy times as learning opportunities, and overcome those obstacles, it allows us to grow and become resilient. We all want our children to lead happy, healthy and productive lives. We want them to have the skills that they need, to deal with life's challenges. According to research, resiliency is the most important characteristic that a person can possess to help overcome challenges.  

Here are some tips you can use to help your children build resilience: Building Resiliency Skills