The Resiliency Ripple: Creating Waves of Change in Schools & Communities
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The Resiliency Ripple: Creating Waves of Change in Schools & Communities
Event Summary
CEUs: Prevention & CHES
3 Hours
Domains: P4: Community Organization
Description:
This interactive workshop explores how the power of resiliency can ripple out from individual students to classrooms, schools, and entire communities. Designed for educators and substance abuse prevention professionals, this session centers trauma-informed strategies, cultural relevance, and community collaboration to foster protective factors and reduce youth risk behaviors. Participants will leave with practical tools to create safer, stronger, and more connected environments—where young people are empowered to thrive.
Participants will explore how to cultivate individual and collective strengths across multiple environments—classroom, family, and community—to prevent substance use and promote student well-being.
Grounded in trauma-informed care, social-emotional learning (SEL), and culturally responsive pedagogy, this session provides both the science and the strategies behind fostering protective environments that reduce risk behaviors. Educators and prevention workers alike will learn how small, intentional actions within their roles can create ripple effects that influence long-term change across systems.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the science of resiliency and its role in academic and behavioral success.
- Identify trauma-informed and healing-centered practices for classrooms and community programming.
- Strengthen connections between schools, families, and substance abuse prevention networks.
- Explore real-world strategies to build protective environments that deter youth substance use.
- Develop a ripple-effect action plan that starts with the individual and expands to systems-level change.
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