Resilience and Perseverance

What is resilience?

• The ability to bounce back when things go wrong

• A way to deal with sadness

• When you disagree with someone else

Resilient people know that there will always be ______________ in life.

• adversity

• parties

• easy days

• hamburgers

What does adversity mean?

• Facing difficult or challenging situations

• A time when you were little

• A positive attitude

What is another definition of resilience?

• The ability to recover from, or adjust easily to, adversity or change.

• Giving up and not trying to make the situation better.

• Being inflexible and unwilling to change.

• Becoming sensitive and taking changes personally.

It is important for young people to build their resilience

• True

• False

Which two are resilience skills?

• Negative self-talk

• Positive self-talk

• Emotional awareness

• Feeling anxious

Having a growth mindset is important part of being resilient

• True

• False

What two actions can help you be resilient?

• Positive self talk

• Having little sleep

• Surrounding yourself with friends and family

• Eating unhealthy foods

We should always keep the problems that we face to ourselves, and never share them with anyone else or seek help.

• True

• False

These three things can help me be resilient

• Listening to music

• Doing an activity that I enjoy

• Being kind to others

• Not asking for help when I need it