There’s no denying that early trauma and toxic stress changes the brain. But if toxic stress changes the brain, healing changes the brain too! Resilience is about our brain and nervous system’s ability to recover after adversity. Of the 14 questions on the Resilience Questionnaire (Rains & McClinn, 2013), 12 of them are related to relationship! Although some aspects of resilience are temperament based, parents and professionals can take specific steps to nurture a child’s resilience for future stress and adversity. With a focus on using connection, movement, and play as ways to cultivate resilience in children and families, this session will weave together didactic teaching with experiential activities.

Speaker:

 Robyn Gobbel, LCSW, LMSW, RPT-Shas