Elementary School

Teach students the aspects of resiliency by taking a quiz.

Learn about the fixed and rigid roles that develop when families become unhealthy or dysfunctional.

The Adverse Childhood Experiences, or “ACEs,” quiz asks a series of 10 questions (see below) about common traumatic experiences that occur in early life. Since higher numbers of ACEs often correlate to challenges later in life, including higher risk of certain health problems, the quiz is intended as an indicator of how likely a person might be to face these challenges.

KidsHealth and TeenHealth are dedicated to helping young people make the best health choices. Websites include articles, videos, and health tools with sections just for kids and teens.

Headspace offers mindfulness skills training and meditations to help deal with anger, stress, anxiety, sleep, and self-esteem.

The Center for Parent and Teen Communication helps parents raise teens prepared to thrive by promoting positive youth development and foster strong family connections.

A self awareness app based on decades of research from Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Tell your Mood Meter mobile app how you feel and build emotional intelligence that lasts a lifetime. $0.99

Twice-a-week quirky, animated show, explores the physical, mental and emotional paths to wellness with bi-weekly journaling exercises that helps you apply what you've learned. The ultimate goal: one year, one show, one journal, one collective journey to wellness.

Learn the definition of resiliency and use this checklist to find out what builds resiliency in children.

Watch a video about the four communication styles and use the BrainAbouts handouts to generate a classroom or group discussion.