Advancing Adult Compassion Resilience: Toolkit for Schools
How are we filling and re-filling our tanks and those of our colleagues and employees as we work with youth and families who face complex challenges? The Compassion Resilience Toolkit is a flexibly implemented set of resources to build awareness of compassion fatigue and strategies to increase compassion resilience in all staff from a system and individual perspective.
Prepare to bring the toolkit resources to your school/district. Attend as a team of 2-3 people who will take the lead in facilitating the toolkit over a 2-year period. The ideal team will include one person in administrative leadership in your school or district. The day will include clarification of leadership roles, rationale for the work, a look at how to inspire culture change, and tips for implementing the toolkit resources matched to the realities of your current school commitments and goals.
The authors of the Compassion Resilience Toolkit are a collaborative team made up of educators (teachers, student services personnel, administrators, DPI staff), community mental health practitioners and parents. The content of the Toolkit has been strongly informed by research and best practices related to resilience, positive psychology, compassion fatigue, organizational psychology, and mindfulness. Ten schools and various youth serving and mental health organizations throughout Wisconsin piloted the Toolkit in 2017-18 school year in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
