Help your students go
from stress to success
2nd edition (2021)
ISBN 978-1-7344009-1-5
The Resilient Learner is your key to transforming student success in college. This course redefines the learning experience, offering a unique framework to build mental and emotional resilience. Students gain insights into rewiring their brain for growth mindset, adaptability, and optimism, turning setbacks into opportunities. Practical strategies in emotional regulation, memory optimization, and character strength application enhance academic performance and overall well-being.
Beyond academics, The Resilient Learner extends its impact to various life domains—school, work, and personal growth. Seamlessly integrating into popular learning management systems like Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, and Brightspace by D2L, it can also ensure effortless incorporation into your school’s curriculum.
Students will learn resilience based upon the following pillars of resilience and well-being:
- self-regulation
- metal flexibility
- social connectedness and community building
- positive psychological strengths
- character strengths, purpose and self-direction
- self-care and revitalization
The outcomes are remarkable—increased retention and completion rates, improved mental and physical health, enhanced academic performance, reduced stress and anxiety, and lower depression and suicide rates. From getting started in college to mastering self-regulation and practicing self-care, each chapter is a step towards a stress-free, successful student life. Join us on this transformative journey, revolutionizing education for resilient learners and a brighter future.
Author: Dr. Thomas E. Rojo Aubrey
DBH-c, MSC, LAMFT, CMHFA, CCTP, CFTP, CFTPI
Director of the Behavioral Health Sciences and Professor, Glendale Community College (GCC) in Arizona
Other titles by same author:
Table of Contents
- Getting Started in College
- Academic Resilience
- The Learning Brain
- The Biology of Stress
- The Psychology of Stress
- Deploying Character Strengths, Motivation, and Self-Direction
- Exploring Careers (in Student Success)
- Career Readiness (in Student Success)
- Mastering Self-Regulation
- Developing Mental Flexibility
- Exploring the Root Cause of Stress with Mental Flexibility
- Fostering Positive Psychological Strengths
- Engaging in Social Connectedness and Community Building
- Practicing Self-Care and Revitalization
Included Activities
- Pre- and Post-Assessment
- Beck Depression Inventory
- State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
- Mindset quiz
- Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire
- Grit Survey
- Meaning in Life Questionnaire
- Self-Reflection journals
- Expressive writing
- Chapter quizzes
- Videos
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Talk to one of our postsecondary consultants and discover how The Resilient Learner can work at your school.