Rutgers 2017

Building Resiliency

Building Resiliency at Rutgers from Angela Housand, Ph.D.

Identify the five categories of risk
Rank 1-5 for each category (1 easiest/5 hardest; no ties allowed)
Select one category to take risk in and list at least 7 things that represent a risk in chosen category
Determine how might engage the risk (support from someone, work up to it, strength in numbers, etc.)
Most of the learning is not in taking the risk but, in reflecting on what you learned by taking the risk

Neihart, M. (1999). Systematic risk-taking. Roeper Review.

Merging Social and Emotional Learning with Academic Rigor from Angela Housand, Ph.D.

To complete your own S.W.O.T. Analysis

Find pictures on the Internet that represent the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in your life.
Open the "swot_analysis_handout" document provided above.
For each picture you find, locate the picture on the Cartesian coordinate system (see an example below!). The x axis will range from weaknesses to strengths, and the y axis will range from threats to opportunities. As you place each picture on the Cartesian plane, make sure to consider where the picture best fits on the plane and provide a caption that explains why you placed the picture in that quadrant. Remember: You have to consider the relationship between the external factors and the internal factors when placing them on a Cartesian plane!