Teaching resilience

Tips on how to teach resilience

The following documentation and tools offer strategies co-developed by our CIUSSS’ teaching supervisors and guest experts in stress management:  Alexandra J. Fiocco, Ph.D. from X (Ryerson) University and  Catherine Lord, Ph.D. from  Immerscience. Together they have created a set of bilingual material in various formats to support you in building resilience. 

Tools at your disposal...

• A series of five videos by Dr. Alexandra J. Fiocco (captions available):
  • A 20-minute video -Stress, coping and resiliency
  • Four short videos on Stress management
    • Mindfulness practices (9 min)
    • Physical Activity (11 min)
    • Dietary Intake (7 min)
    • Social Support (9 min)

• A fillable workbook on stress and coping strategies. It contains fillable tables to be used individually or in teams. ( PDF,  Word)
  • S.T.U.N. tables to recognize personal stress ingredients as stress is in the eye of the beholder. A daily tool. (PDF compressed, Word compressed)
  • Coping strategies and “bons coups” (kudos) tables to take the time to pause and reflect on difficulties, as well as ways to adapt to them. For a team sharing an activity or as a guided personal reflection. (PDF compressed, Word compressed)
  • A  references and resource list on stress management and resilience ( PDF,  Word)

• A Resilience Cheat Sheet  -  downloadable pdf (to be used during training on resilience/stress or also to be pinned in common spaces or to be emailed)

REMINDER: Stress is relative. We do not experience stress for the same reasons or in the same way. In addition, we also have various ways to adapt and cope.

For more information, do not hesitate to contact the Teaching team:  enseignement.ccomtl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca