Each of the titled sections in the Home page is intended to provide you with both the learning process and the resource materials to make you successful with your exploration and learning. This Resources page provides only the resource materials. These resources include resilience activities, a simple resilience App that parallels the activities, illustrated short books for young readers, personal resilience evaluation tools, and a comprehensive diagnostic tool, CatTrax, for educators and trainers designing instruction and evaluating instructional effectiveness.
Basic Resilience Exercises are concise applied activities written to a grade 8 - 9 reading level. The exercises, built around the Hero's Journey theme, encourage social support and develop problem solving abilities through positive-coping skills. Basic Resilience Exercises PDF (20 pages)»
For younger learners and ESL learners, short illustrated stories explore resilience and the Hero's Journey while encouraging the building of social support, self-esteem and self-efficacy (belief in one's ability to reach a goal). Texts are written at a 4th grade reading level. More »
A very simple browser-based app that parallels the content of the five skill resilience in the Resilience Exercises. All data is stored locally on your computer or device. Try it here »
Download Resilience Application. Simple App that can be run on any browser. Resilience App zip »
A brief literature review completed in the spring of 2016 discusses high-risk professions, risk factors, interventions, and protective factors. More »
A brief look at goal setting as a method for persisting with a challenge. Includes a brief literature review completed in the spring of 2016 that discusses history and process. More »
Health-related physical activity shows more desirable health outcomes across a variety of physical conditions. In general, exercise and physical activity are associated with better quality of life and health outcomes. A look at evidence-based diet and exercise plans in a literature review from spring, 2016. More »
A quick and easy way to measure your level of stress is the Subjective Units of Stress Scale (SUDS) that ranges from 0 or no stress to 10 greatest stress. SUDS can be helpful when used before and after an activity to measure personal change. SUDS PDF »
Individuals or organizations seeking a level of accountability might begin with the freely available Response to Stressful Experiences Scale (RSES), general resilience test may be used for adults. RSES PDF »
Are you involved in instruction, training, or program evaluation? CatTrax is a diagnostic program that works with almost any test results to potentially improve learning and curriculum design. It can identify areas of curricular confusion and learners who may be experiencing confusion. More »