Teaching the Skills of Resilience

Curriculum for elementary and secondary students
Flexible, online toolkits & prebuilt lessons
Engaging activities and multimedia
Tools for administrators to transform their school culture

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 Feb 19th for our next webinar: “Dysregulation in the Classroom: What It Is, What It Looks Like, and What To Do About It”

– Our Resilient Educator Webinar series

Behavior Feels Harder Right Now. More shutdown. More escalation. More emotional intensity. More unpredictability.

Educators everywhere are using the word dysregulation. But what does that actually mean in a classroom setting? And more importantly… What do you do when it shows up in real time?

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.

20+

Years In Business

200k

Trained Educators

30k

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.

School Improvement Plans
Team Discussions
Staff Meetings
Professional Development
Professional Learning Communities
Organizational Transformations
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