Kerry Fair posted:If you could recommend a speaker to talk about resilience and motivating positive change to an audience of teachers, child protection workers, social service workers, faith community members...who would it be?
Lots of great suggestions here. My take is slightly different, because all of these suggestions are cognitively based lectures that might give better understanding. Resilience isn't a notion though, it's a capacity of the nervous system. My suggestion would be someone who not only understands how ACEs impact brain development, but also looks at the influence of generational stress, and then trains you with a tool that actually builds resilience in the nervous system. Something tangible you have once the presenter is gone.