Shaping our Future
Friday Jan 29, 2016
Dr. Jon McGavock
http://www.jonmcgavock.com/

Self-regulation (marshmallow test)  stress affects results
Resiliency:  what needs to be designed to accommodate students that are dealing with so many issues
What is our job when we are developing resiliency programs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqO7YoMsccU

Resiliency as a path to wellness
Belonging, independence, mastery, generosity
Do you engage with the students that aren't engaged?

Mastery
Allow these students the opportunity to share what they are good at.
http://www.afterschoolmanitoba.ca/assets/mentor%20manual%202010%20march.pdf
Mentorship:  Getting the students that aren't engaged to be mentors.
Does your environment shape how you behave?  Shift the culture.

Tiny little things, study in Holland showed how graffiti, fireworks, shopping carts in parking lot increase the rate of littering.

Culture is Medicine
(Narayan Diabet Med 1998; 15(1) 66-72)

Nature is Medicine
(Bratman PNAS 2015 112;8567)
Walking in nature dropped depression by 15%, walking in the city didn't change

"Never give up on a child"
Do they have opportunities to give back

The most dangerous phrase in the language is "We have always done it this way"
"If you think my hands are full you should see my heart"
http://chrim.ca/leader/dream/