About Us Approach We’ve taken time-tested mental health practices and put these modalities in a package any educator can use, and any student can understand. Training We’ve worked with thousands of teachers, counselors, and administrators nationwide. We can help you foster a positive climate, improve classroom management, reduce burnout, and prepare facilitators for the successful […]
Guest Blogger – Tom McCollum: Making WhyTry Work for You Tom’s Story with WhyTry One of the great things about the WhyTry program is its versatility. The program was designed to be adapted and changed in order to meet the unique and diverse needs of students around the world. Tom McCollum, of Oxnard, California, shared with us a
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Teachers, Counselors, Social Workers – and the Defense Mechanisms We Use Introduction Working with youth isn’t always easy. As children begin to test their boundaries, challenging our authority and expanding their understanding of themselves, they can absolutely push us to our limits. This can lead to stress, anger, depression, and disengagement in educators. By letting our emotions get
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Initiatives By focusing on these key factors of “relationships” and “relevance”, the WhyTry Approach provides educators with practical strategies that foster a more resilient mindset in students and help improve students’ emotional and mental health. Building Resilience When we build a great relationship with our students and make learning relevant to their lives, we improve their
Our History How WhyTry Started The WhyTry Program is based on the life experiences of our founder, Christian Moore, and what he learned from his informal foster mother, Mrs. Patricia Jackson. Christian came from a very challenging home environment with parents who struggled with mental health issues. Christian was diagnosed at a young age with ADHD
