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As an NAEA member, you’re eligible to receive the WhyTry Program Materials, Toolkit, and Training at 50% off—a $300 savings.
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Give your students the tools to build resilience, increase engagement, and overcome challenges with a proven, research-based program used in schools nationwide—especially effective in alternative and intervention settings.
This offer includes:
- Full access to the WhyTry Toolkit (single user license)
- Introductory training to help you get started with confidence
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What is WhyTry?
WhyTry is designed for educators working with students who may feel disconnected, unmotivated, or resistant to school. It’s a flexible toolkit and curriculum that helps you turn everyday challenges into opportunities to build trust, teach resilience, and re-engage students.
Whether you’re using it in a classroom, alternative setting, small group, or a quick one-on-one intervention in the moment, WhyTry gives you practical strategies you can use right away.
Watch this brief video to learn how the program works in real classrooms and intervention settings.
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If you’d like to better understand how WhyTry can be used in your setting, we’re here to help.
Schedule a free online demo with a Program Director—they’ll walk you through the program and answer any questions along the way.
The WhyTry Program
WhyTry is a flexible toolkit and curriculum for K-12 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. The idea is straightforward: teach life skills and resilience to youth in a way they can understand and remember.
10 WhyTry Learning Units
The WhyTry curriculum utilizes a series of
ten visual analogies that teach essential
life skills including:
- Decision-making
- Positive self-esteem
- Emotional regulation
- Having a resilient mindset
- Peer influence & relationships
- Problem-solving
- Hard work & Determination
- Responsibility and expectations
- Relationship building
- Self-efficacy
The Power of Visual Metaphors
One of the most unique things about WhyTry is how we use visual metaphors to teach these important principles to students in a way they can understand and remember. The powerful thing about using this visual approach is the way it takes abstract concepts and puts them into a context through the use of a metaphor that students can understand. It essentially creates a language for educators to communicate the relevance of these things.