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Resilience games created by students at Lincoln High School

I wish everyone working with high school aged kids could have been with us at Lincoln High School yesterday morning!

A teacher at Lincoln has spent the year with her students studying brain development, the ACE Study, and resilience. Yesterday, a group of Children's Resilience Initiative team members were invited in as the students "revealed’ the resilience games they each created as a result of their year-long study.

It was amazing!!! Each game was uniquely designed utilizing the resilience building block strategies from the Resilience deck of cards. The best part was talking to various students and hearing them say what this year of study has meant to them.

One student, 16 yrs old, said that as a result of this class, she has been able to address her life, her mom’s impact (her mom’s ACEs), and what it means to her. She talked about sitting down with her mom, with the resilience deck of cards, and talking about the ACES she (the student) grew up with, what that meant to her, and how she is now understanding how building resilience is such a powerful way to move past the ACEs. She reconnected with her mom as a result of this project, and they are now actually able to each talk about their own perspective of what ACEs mean. 

Marci (the teacher) and her staff are my champions! Their vision for developing a curriculum for this age group (with their diverse backgrounds and Special Ed status),guiding them through a year of processing, journaling and creating a product, and then their obvious and open appreciation for having their work honored by our team, was another indicator of how important this work is. I was so impressed with how the students were able to present themselves and their learning. 

This is what gives me the hope for our future, when I see what the most challenged students create when given the awareness, information and opportunity to take this kind of action as they gain perspective on their lives.

The students were asked if they'd be willing to donate their games to our Initiative so we can collect them into examples for what other schools might want to use. The games were designed for 4th-7th grade students, but many would be appropriate for younger aged students too. The photos show some examples of one of the games we were shown.

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Teri, none of this work would have happened if you hadn't taken the time to introduce us to ACE's. You should feel as proud of your work as we celebrate the work of our teachers and students. Just goes to show that students with ACE's will respond to caring adult relationships and demonstrate their resiliency skills. A shout out to all of you!!
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