Resilient Kids Video

After watching the video and reading about Resilient Kids, I think it is a great organization.  Resilient Kids, is an organization whose program promotes the development of life-long skills, which includes focus, self-esteem, self-confidence, balance, empathy, and community(http://www.resilientkids.org).  From the video I learned that for youth it is harder to have memory of the learning that they have done inside the classroom outside the classroom.  As described in the video during a yoga session the youth stretch and do yoga poses that will help to calm their mind.  Youth on their own don’t exactly know how to calm down when a teacher tells them to calm down, and Resilient kids gives them a toolbox of ways to learn how to do that.  Youth can go as high as they can with their emotions, but coming down from it is a difficult skill set.  The principal of the Silver Spring Elementary School made a great comment about how children’s brains aren't wired to settle and calm down but they can with practice, which I think Resilient Kids really helps them do practice having the skill set to focus and balance their emotional and social challenges.  Resilient Kids is really giving youth tools that they can take throughout their whole lives when it comes to stress management and dealing with challenges inside and outside the classroom.  According to the Resilient Kids video training students in mindfulness improves working memory, attention, academic skills, emotional regulation, and self-esteem.  Mindfulness also improves self-esteem, mood, and decreases anxiety, stress, and fatigue.  From what I have seen in the video Resilient Kids is making great strides in mindfulness techniques and tailoring to the youths needs of distressing in helping them to face challenges both inside and outside of school.

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