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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Ask A Trainer: WhyTry Corrections and Implementation in Justice System Settings Introduction – Story from a Trainer I was first introduced to the WhyTry program in 2002. At that time I had been a Juvenile Probation Officer for 14 years. When I saw the visual metaphors used and key concepts emphasized in WhyTry, I knew immediately that
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2017 Resilience in Action Award – Kimberly Boyd Introduction “What are we going to do with you – throw you in the trash can? Are you ever going to amount to anything?” While many others facing these questions would shut down, young Kimberly Boyd made a choice. I know for a fact I’m going to become
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Nancy Montoya Spices Up Elementary Lessons by Turning WhyTry Into An Online Game Nancy’s Story When the principal at our Title I school asked me to look into a program that dealt with student resilience, I was lucky to find ‘Why Try,” a curriculum for 4th and 5th-grade students. I have been co-teaching this program for
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