Help Your Students Build Resilience That Lasts
WhyTry: Your Powerful Partner for Florida’s Resilience Education Requirements
Florida educators are being asked to do more than ever—to not only meet academic standards, but to equip students with the emotional tools they need to thrive. That’s where WhyTry comes in. At its core, the WhyTry Program is more than just a compliance solution for Florida’s Resiliency Education Requirements—it’s a transformational approach to student wellness, motivation, and lifelong resilience.
✅ Yes, WhyTry Aligns with Florida’s 11 Resiliency Characteristics
But let’s be honest: simply meeting requirements isn’t enough. Florida’s Resiliency Florida initiative is about preparing students to navigate life’s real challenges—from managing emotions and peer pressure to making wise decisions and building healthy relationships. WhyTry helps students do just that.
WhyTry lessons teach students how to:
- See the relevance of school and their own future
- Understand and regulate their emotions
- Develop hope and confidence, even through adversity
- Build supportive connections with peers and adults
- Take responsibility for choices and consequence
What Makes WhyTry Different?
🚀 It’s Designed for Real-World Classrooms
Whether you’re a school counselor, teacher, or administrator, WhyTry fits your setting. Use it in 1:1 sessions, small groups, or across entire classrooms. It’s flexible, trauma-informed, and built for multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS).
🎯 It’s Focused on Relationships, Relevance, and Resilience
Our simple model—the 3 R’s—guides everything:
- Relationships: Because students who feel seen and supported are more motivated and engaged.
- Relevance: Because when students see why they’re learning something, they connect and improve effort.
- Resilience: Because life’s challenges don’t disappear—but students can learn to rise above them.
🎓 It Empowers Educators and Students
From our dynamic in-person, virtual, and just-in-time self-paced training, to our ready-to-use toolkits and lessons, WhyTry equips educators with strategies they can use immediately. These aren’t just theories—they’re hands-on tools that help even the most reluctant learners re-engage.
🌴 Trusted Across Florida
WhyTry is already being used by educators, counselors, and youth service providers throughout the state. In fact, the Florida Network of Youth and Family Services chose WhyTry to support its prevention programs across all 67 counties, helping serve some of the most at-risk youth in the state.
WhyTry’s Partnership with The Florida Network
When the Florida Network of Youth and Family Services—an organization serving truant, homeless, runaway, and at-risk youth across all 67 counties—set out to find a program that could strengthen resilience skills and emotional regulation across its continuum of care, they turned to WhyTry.
Since 2017, WhyTry has partnered with the Florida Network to embed resilience education into shelters, counseling services, and prevention programs statewide. What began as a training initiative quickly became something much more—a culture shift.
To meet the diverse needs of both licensed clinicians and direct care staff, WhyTry delivered keynote speeches at state wide events with the Executive Leadership and training courses for Direct Care staff. We equipped staff with toolkits, implementation strategies, and access to our extensive online library, ensuring that the tools weren’t just introduced—they were fully embraced from top to bottom.
Today, the WhyTry approach is woven into daily life at Florida Network programs. It’s used in nightly group sessions in crisis shelters, integrated into community counseling curricula, and adopted into behavior management plans. Staff across the state rely on WhyTry’s engaging visuals, relatable metaphors, and hands-on activities to help youth build the emotional tools they need to succeed—not just in school, but in life.
WhyTry isn’t just a program—it’s a statewide movement that aligns perfectly with Florida’s mission to create safe, supportive, and resilient pathways for every child.
More Than a Program—It’s a Movement
WhyTry is backed by over 20 years of proven impact. It’s not just about ticking boxes; it’s about changing lives. You’ll find students referencing lessons months—and even years—after they’ve finished the program. And educators say it helps them connect, inspire, and make a lasting impact, especially with students who are hardest to reach.
Ready to Make Resilience a Reality in Your School?
Whether you’re looking to meet state mandates or transform your school culture, WhyTry is here to help.