How Do You Help a Kid Feel Welcome in the Classroom?

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A key concept of resilience is being able to shift the times facing what is the reality here. You know, it's like I gave some webinars for teachers and I talk about how do you help a kid feel welcome in the classroom? Well, I suggested just different ways. The first few minutes of the class forget about teaching academics or whatever. How do you welcome kids? And one of the things teachers found very helpful is sound so simple. Get feedback from kids. Say to kids, this is all new. I really want to hear from you what's working and what's not working. That sounded so simple, but it's really working at this particular point. Kids are feeling

Dr. Robert Brooks is a leading expert on resilience. He is a Doctor of Psychology, serves on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, and has authored or co-authored over 19 books. During the past 40 years, Dr. Brooks has also lectured nationally and internationally to thousands of parents, educators, mental health professionals, and business leaders on topics pertaining to motivation, resilience, family relationships, the qualities of effective leaders and executives, and balancing our personal and professional lives.

Dr. Brooks joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast on how to build resilience in personal and professional life, as well as how resilience factors into parenting, leadership and more.

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