Emotional resilience
Evaluating and developing emotional resilience
The Emotional Resilience Questionnaire (ERQ) is an online set of tools for understanding how well people will cope with difficult situations, ranging from minor annoyances to more traumatic events.
It is easy to administer and provides exceptionally detailed information that helps to identify aspects of emotional resilience that people may need to build upon and strengthen. It includes bespoke group improvement programmes
It can be used as an assessment of individuals or in surveys.
The need for the ERQ became evident in our work with schools and youth justice.
Emotional Resilience Model
The model of emotional resilience we use is based on the concept that achieving emotional resilience requires emotional stability and emotional capability
Emotional stability is built upon positive relationships, control of emotions and appropriate expression of them. it also requires good physical health and understanding your emotional state.
Social Support: Having positive relationships and a strong network of family, friends, and colleagues who provide emotional and practical support.
Self-Regulation: The ability to manage and control your emotions, particularly in stressful situations.
Emotional Expression: The ability to express and communicate emotions appropriately.
Physical Well-being: Maintaining good physical health through proper nutrition, exercise, and sleep.
Self-Awareness: Understanding your own emotions, strengths, and weaknesses.
To become emotionally capability needs adaptability in the face of change, the ability to solve problems as they arise and to view them in a balanced way.
Flexibility: The ability to adapt to new circumstances, to be open to change and new experiences, and adjust your approach as needed.
Problem-Solving Skills: The capacity to effectively tackle challenges and find solutions.
Cognitive Restructuring: The ability to re-frame negative thoughts and view situations from a more balanced perspective
Achieving means having a sense of directions and being optimistic and confident.
Sense of Purpose: Having goals, values, along with motivation and a sense of direction in life.
Optimism: Being positive and a belief in your ability to overcome challenges.
Self-Efficacy: Being confident and believing in your ability to succeed, perceive and handle situations effectively.
Benefits
Improve people's emotional resilience
More productive learning environment
Positive social environment
Improved mental health and wellbeing
Bespoke group improvement programmes
Collegiate approach to improving emotional resilience between teacher and children in a tutor group.
Ease of use and implementation
Valuable information in instant reports
Simplified communication with "gatekeepers" and users of information
Methods
Understanding emotional resilience and trauma cross the school - Survey
Schools that comprehend where their pupils may need additional support with emotional resilience can implement systems tailored to meet those needs effectively. With YouCanSay, we provide reports by school year and by form group. This allows form tutors to see how their specific group compares to the year as a whole, enabling them to offer targeted support where it is most needed.
Understanding emotional resilience and trauma for an individual - Assessment
When working with individual children using the Trauma Recover Model it is vitally important for the foundations of the model (stability and building trusted relationships) in order to be able to address taruma and try to find a path to recovery, then achievement and success. Our Emotional Resilience and Trauma assessment helps the worker and the young person to understand their emotional resilience when they start working together and then to see how and if they have mangeged to improve their resilience after they have worked together.
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