The Resilience Scale: A Tool for change
Resilience is the ability to adapt and remain healthy in the face of adversity and can be strengthened or weakened over time in response to our experiences. The Resilience Scale tool developed by the Palix Foundation (Alberta Family Wellness Initiative) helps to illustrate how three factors interact to determine resilience: adversities, positive supports, and acquired skills and abilities.
This 90-minute training video, presented by Teresa Killam, MEd MD CCFP FCFP, reviews the key metaphors of the Brain Story with a focus on how the Resilience Scale metaphor can be used as a practical tool to assess and monitor resilience in individuals.
The training has been made available in the following formats:
for physicians
The Resilience Scale: A Clinical Tool for Physicians
This training, along with completion of a simulation activity, gives physicians the opportunity to practice using the Resilience Scale as a clinical tool. It has been approved for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits (for a maximum of 2 hours) by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC).
for nurses
The Resilience Scale: A Clinical Tool for Nurses
This training, along with the completion of a simulation activity, gives nurses the opportunity to practice using the Resilience Scale as a clinical tool. It has been approved for 2 professional credits by the Canadian Nurses Association.
for Law enforcement professionals
This training, offered in partnership with the Canadian Police Knowledge Network (CPKN), includes a simulation activity that allows law enforcement and public safety personnel to practice using the Resilience Scale in a policing context. Professionals interested in taking the course can register directly through the CPKN website.
for brain story learners
This training video is now available as a new module within the Brain Story Certification Course. Login to your Brain Story account and access it through the course catalog by enrolling in Module 20 - The Resilience Scale: A Tool for Change.
for general interest learners
Enroll in our learning platform today to access this training video. Once enrolled, start your learning experience by accessing the training through the course catalog and selecting The Resilience Scale: A Tool for Change.
Looking for in-person training?
Join the AFWI for the Resilience Scale Masterclass: A free, three-hour, in-person interactive workshop or 2.5-hour, virtual workshop which introduces the Brain Story and Resilience Scale Framework to community leaders and professionals from the health, education, justice, and children’s services systems in order to build resilience and improve outcomes for individuals, families, and communities.
