Building Resilience

Abstract

Abstract The context for the National School Intervention Project-Israel has been the ongoing security situation that has exposed the entire civilian population to extremely high levels of trauma. This project places itself within the framework of the resilience literature, focusing on characteristics of resilience that can be brought into the classroom and empower school staff. This article highlights the Building Resilience project, a series of teacher workshops. An initial evaluation of teachers participating in the Building Resilience project found change in knowledge, skills, and willingness to use tools learned with their students in the classroom. Key Words: School-based interventionresiliencechildrentrauma