Teaching the Skills of Resilience

Programs
The WhyTry Program focuses on teaching resilience skills and is usually the starting point for our customers. Resilience for Youth focuses on the sources of resilience. Both programs build resilience, each through a distinct approach.

Training
Build your expertise in student engagement and motivation through one of our training courses—offered in person, live virtual, or self-paced online. You’ll leave with proven strategies and tools to create a positive learning environment where students thrive.

Administrator Toolkit
Our Transformational Leader Toolkit helps school leaders build staff capacity by equipping them with the skills and resources needed to create positive teacher–student relationships. It offers practical, proven tools for strengthening school culture.

Your Partner for
Student Wellness
and Resilience
For more than 20 years, WhyTry has led the way. Our practical resources and effective tools have helped educators across the country. WhyTry can help you address mental health issues, following evidence-based practices and using a trauma-informed approach. Let’s partner to build resilience in every student.
Join us for our next webinar!
The Resilient Educator – Webinar Series
“When Parents Struggle, Students Struggle:
How Schools Can Work Better with Parents & Families”
Join us for a practical and honest panel discussion focused on how schools can strengthen communication, trust, and collaboration with parents and families while creating stronger systems of support around students.
During this conversation, we’ll discuss:
- Practical ways schools can improve relationships and communication with parents
- Strategies for navigating difficult school-home dynamics
- How educators can better partner with families around student challenges
- Ways schools can connect families with meaningful community resources and support
- Ideas educators can take into summer planning and into next school year

Thursday, May 21st at:
1:00-2:00 Mountain | 12 Pacific | 2 Central | 3 Eastern
Success Stories
Lake Chelan School District
Learn how staff, administrators, and students all worked together to improve academic success by combining WhyTry with a peer support network.
Bismarck Public Schools
Learn how Wendy Bakken, a Speech Pathologist at Bismarck High School, uses WhyTry to engage and motivate any student.
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Years In Business
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Trained Educators
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Schools
3 million +
Students Impacted
The Whytry program
Motivate any student
WhyTry is a flexible toolkit and curriculum for teachers and counselors. It provides simple,
hands-on strategies and resources to help motivate the unmotivated student, support students with trauma, improve engagement, and increase academic success.

Why Choose Whytry?
Empowering Administrators
Our Administrator Toolkit is a trusted tool leadership teams can use to transform school culture. Leaders use the toolkit to create a shift in perspective with teachers and staff and help them build caring relationships with students that motivate and inspire trust.