MMHCA 2019 Conference
September 26, 2019
Resilience the Superpower
Jim Russell Ph.D.1
The Cow Personality test
Developed by Dr. Jim Russell
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Resilience
• A Latin term circa 1620:
• Meaning to spring back, rebound
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Cambridge Dictionary
Resilience:• The ability to be happy, successful, etc.
again after something difficult or bad has happened
• The ability of a substance to return to its usual shape after being bent, stretched, or pressed
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The 7 C's Model of Resilience
• Ken Ginsburg, MD, FAAP, pediatrician and adolescent specialist
• Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings, 3rd Edition (Copyright © 2015 Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed, FAAP, and Martha M. Jablow)
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The 7 C's Model of Resilience
• 7 C's Model of Resilience:• competence • confidence • connection • character• contribution• coping• control
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Dr. Jim
• Learning the tools to avoid living a life of learned helplessness, can naturally lead to developing resilience.
• Helping human beings to bounce back.
• Teaching them to just show-up(on time).
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Empiricist Philosophers
• John Locke, • George Berkeley• David Hume
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American Empiricist philosopher
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Gumpish
• Resilience is as resilience does
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Carol S. Dweck, PH.D.
Forrest Gump typified the “Growth mindset”
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Starting place
No two (2e) humans are like
N=1
A unique person14
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Journal of Learning Differences
I recently reviewed a rejoinder that you wrote for the Journal of Learning Differences about Twice-exceptional learners.
I found the article to be trite, lacking in content, and generally missing any points that approximate reality.
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Social media
• If you believe it, you will be harmed.
• Twitter • snap chat • email
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Dr. Jim’s History
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July 1956
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November 1957
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November 1957
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May 1958
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June 1958
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August 1958
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November 1958
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November 1958
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Started school in 1961, age 5 soon to be 6
• 1st Blue veins, Alphabet• 3rd Writing in cursive, loved this concept
Failed 3rd grade
Mom’s 1st visit to the nervous hospitalStarted the reading clinic
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Great Teacher
• 4th Continued reading clinic
• 4th Great teacher, Dave Robben
• 5th Finished Reading Clinic Program
5th grade
Passed over for Gifted program
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January 1969
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6th Grade
Mom’s 2nd visit to the nervous hospital
Maslow, If the only tool you have is a hummer…
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High School 1971
• Started high school failed algebra• Summer school (No AC) passed algebra
• 1st year of HS, one of 3500 students• Sophomore, girls are really cool• Junior, girls are still… Really Cool!
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High School 1971
• A very, very smart girl wrote an English paper for me, otherwise would have failed… and not graduated from HS
• English teacher still attempting to revoke high school diploma...
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High School 1975
• Senior, girls are still… Really Cool
• Graduated June, 1975
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Community College 1975
• completed 35 credits• withdrew from 40 credits• withdrew from Algebra 4 times before
passing• withdrew from General Chemistry 4 before
passing
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Undergraduate Graduate
• 1977 University of Missouri• 1979 27 credits Dean's list, • 1980 Saint Louis University
• 1982 Saint Louis University, B. A. degree • 1982 Saint Louis University Grad. School
(Ha Ha)
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Graduate School
A SLU Professor who was my hero said to me:
“You are Bright Average, but not like the other reallysmart students here.”
Bill S. Preston Esquire
• Most non-triumphant
• From the movie:Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
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Center on the Developing ChildHarvard University
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/resilience/
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http://www.artfactory.com/50
http://www.totalcommunication.uk.com/what-is-total-communication/51
If I had a hammer “is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was
written in 1949…first recorded by The Weavers, …and then by Peter, Paul and Mary.
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GPA• 1975 High school graduation GPA 2.5 • 1982 B.A. SLU GPA 2.9• 1986 AAS. Degree, GPA 3.1
New approach: Fewer classes
art, funny, hammer, lonely, nail - inspiring picture on Favim.com500 x 358 · 54 kB · jpegfavim.com
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GPA• 1975 High school graduation GPA 2.5 • 1982 B.A. SLU GPA 2.9• 1986 AAS. Degree, GPA 3.1
New approach: Fewer classes
• 1992 Un. of Missouri, M. Ed., GPA 4.0 • 1996 Saint Louis Un. Ph.D., GPA 4.0 • 2006 Mo. Baptist Un. GPA 4.0
ISBN # 978-0-345-47232-8
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Mindset, by Carol S. Dweck
• “A growth mindset is about believing people can develop their abilities.”
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Mindset, by Carol S. Dweck
• Growth mindset:Your basic abilities and qualities are enhanced through effort (hard-work). Your potential is nearly unlimited, so long as you are truthful about yourself (Strengths and weakness), stretch yourself, apply yourself, learn from your mistakes, and are dedicated to hanging in there-even when it gets very difficult.
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Mindset, by Carol S. Dweck
• Fixed mindset:Your basic abilities and qualities like intelligence, are innate and set (i.e., born with them), and your success is tied to proving how smart you, avoiding failure effortlessly, (e.g., winning, but at all costs by cheating, blaming, breaking rules, and making excuses).
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Mindset, by Carol S. Dweck
• Meta take away:• Try to see failures as separate from your
self-worth (No really, Failure ≠ self-worth• Work your buttock off (e.g., hardworking)• Use mistakes to learn how to do better
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Dr. Jim
• Hard work is my superpower
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Thomas Edisonen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison#/media/File:Thomas_Edison2.jpg
99% perspiration
1% inspiration
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• By truthfully knowing my strengths and weaknesses
• “Am I a failure” or did “I fail”
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Yogi Berra said:
You can observe a lot just by watching.
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N=1
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Networks
http://www.alanturing.net/
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Connections
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Milky Way Galaxy
NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC/Caltech)70
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Graduate School• 1983 Eden Theological Seminary
2 semestersRanked 4th in class of 33
• 1985 Logan College of ChiropracticRanked 1st organic chemistry 2nd semester dropped out
•Bullet points•Bullet points•Bullet points•Bullet points•Bullet points•Bullet points•Bullet points
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Successes• 1993 University of Missouri Adjunct Instructor• 1994 State of Missouri, L.P.C. Licensure, • 1996 Saint Louis University, Ph.D. • 1997 National Board Certified Counselor• 1997 Field Instructor Washington University• 1997 Webster University, Adjunct Professor• 1997 Webster Groves Counseling, LLC• 1998 President's award LDA • 1999 Co-President of the LDA of Missouri• 2001 Professional of year award LDA• 2006 Life time achievement award LDA • 2007 Certified Psychological Examiner• 2016 TEDx Talk (2E)• 2018 Board of Directors LDA of America• 2019 Diplomate (AMHCA)
TEDx Talk (2E)
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What can you do?
Validate strengths76
Overcoming Dyslexia, Shaywitz, pages 342-344
JAMA editorial 1997University of California Davis study (1968
thru 1987)350 students admitted under “Special
admissions.”
Lower MCAT scoresLower GPA
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Overcoming Dyslexia, Shaywitz, pages 342-344
They were “indistinguishable.”
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http://www.grandentrance.com/ 79
Dr. Jim Russell says:
Life is in the doing
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Dr. Jim Russell says:
Not necessarily in the testing of the doing
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What can you do?
Value your strengths, first and foremost
Don’t let people define you because of your deficits; however, you need to be realistic about them.
Starting today, validate and celibate who you are as a person.
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Mayo Clinic https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/resilience-training/in-
depth/resilience/art-20046311
To become more resilient:• Get connected• Make everyday meaningful• Learn from experience• Remain hopeful• Take care of yourself• Be proactive
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Rock Paper Scissors, the book by Sheldon Kopp:
List of 43 Items:
1. Rock breaks scissors, scissors cut paper, paper covers rock. Power depends on the situation.
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Rock Paper Scissors, the book by Sheldon Kopp:
3. No matter how powerful we are, or think we are, some people are stronger.
4. However powerless we may feel, others are weaker.
7. Be confident that you will make mistakes.
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Rock Paper Scissors, the book by Sheldon Kopp:
36. Sometimes there’s nothing we can do but wait.
43. However, well we may prepare, the moment belongs to God.
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Thank you!Jim Russell Ph.D., N.C.C., L.P.C.
777 Craig Rd, Suite 200
St. Louis, MO 63141Phone: (314) 963-8862
Fax: (314) 918-8943E-mail [email protected]
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Anyway, by Kent M. KeithParadoxical Commandments
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered
– Love them anywayIf you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives
– Do good anywayIf you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies
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Anyway, by Kent M. KeithParadoxical Commandments
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow
– Do good anyway
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable– Be honest anyway
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Anyway, by Kent M. KeithParadoxical Commandments
The biggest men and woman with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and the smallest mind
– Think Big anyway
People Favor underdogs but follow only the top dogs
– Fight for a few underdogs anyway
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Anyway, by Kent M. KeithParadoxical Commandments
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight
– Build anyway
People may really need help but may attack you if you do help them
-Help people anyway
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Anyway, by Kent M. KeithParadoxical Commandments
• Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth
-Give the world the best you have anyway
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Burn = Intense pain
Stick = Intense sharp pain
Pressure = Intense sharp pain with duration
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