Compassion Resilience: A Toolkit for Schools 

We want to show up with compassion every day. 

Compassion fatigue is a normal response when we care about people in distress.

Help yourself and your colleagues by learning the skills and supports that build resilience.

As leaders, empower your staff to manage the daily stresses of the teaching and helping professions.

The Compassion Resilience Toolkit is a flexibly implemented set of resources to build awareness of compassion fatigue and strategies to increase compassion resilience in adults from a system and individual perspective. The resources include activities for large group, small group or team-based use as well as for individual reflection. The 12 sections include activities for leaders and staff on realistic expectations, setting compassionate boundaries, building a culture of compassion, self-care strategies, and links to further learning.

The Training prepares your team to bring the toolkit resources to your colleagues. Your team will ideally include: one administrator and 2-3 people who will facilitate with staff. The June sessions include rationale for the work, a look at how to inspire culture change through the toolkit, clarification of team roles, and tips for implementing the first half of the toolkit. After a few months of implementation, we will come back together in November to offer insights into addressing barriers and prepare the team to implement the last half of the toolkit. 

Presenters:

 Emily Jonesberg is the Training Coordinator with Rogers InHealth, the education and   advocacy department of Rogers Behavior Health. In her role at Rogers, she leads     trainings for leaders in the non-profit, education and healthcare sectors. Emily also   facilitates programming for staff at Rogers Behavior Health and with parents in the   community. Prior to her work at Rogers, Emily worked in a youth serving capacity for   over thirteen years through various non-profits. During this time she also developed and delivered equity training with adults and youth. She has a Master of Social Work and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Missouri.

 Sarah Reed, Ph.D., is a Community Psychologist by training and the current Program and   Evaluation Manager for Rogers InHealth, the education and advocacy department of Rogers   Behavioral Health. Through InHealth, she works through partnerships to reduce the stigma   associated with mental health challenges, trauma, and substance use. She is also on staff at   the Wisconsin Initiative for Stigma Elimination (WISE), a state-wide coalition focused on   building inclusion, support and hope for individuals and families living with mental health   challenges.