My Resiliency Project

By Ramon Cazares
Spring 2021
Who Is Ramon?

20 year old male.

3rd generation Mexican-American
Born to two teenage parents
Grew up under the custody of my
Grandparents
Lived on the south side of Tucson AZ
with a low income.
Likes math, music, and dice.
Self-Regulation Survey Reflection

Score of
221
Score: 220 moderate self-regulation capacity
 Self-Regulation Survey Goals

3 Short Term Goals 3 Long Term Goals

★ Work on becoming more ★ Implement a mindful
organized lifestyle
★ Be more strict about my ★ Identify and manage my
unhealthy habits causes of stress
★ Communicate with my ★ Develop my emotional
friends about what I need literacy and intelligence
to change
(3 ways to Develop Self-Regulation, 2020)
 Self-Regulation Survey Reflection:
Student Skill Development Strategies

★ Teach and model self-regulation skills

★ Establish a relationship where they are
comfortable with making mistakes
★ Create an environment that promotes self
regulation
(What is Self-Regulation?, 2021)
 Developmental Assets Results
Not at all or Rarely:
● Feel in control of my life
and future.
● Stay away from tobacco,
alcohol, and other drugs.
● Seek advice from my
parents
● Feel safe and secure at
home.
Extremely or Almost Always:
● Enjoy Learning.
● Think it is important to
help other people.
● Take responsibility for
what I do.
● Tell the truth even when it
is not easy.
 Developmental Assets: My Goals

★ Actively try to create a stable environment for

myself, to reduce stress about my future

★ Implement healthy stress coping mechanisms to

reduce my risk of becoming addicted to
unhealthy alternatives
 Developmental Assets: My Students
External Assets Internal Assets
● Support the student and their ● Establish a commitment to
family to encourage positive learning and show them the
relationships importance of education
● Empower the student to ● Reinforce positive values like
demonstrate their value integrity and responsibility
● Set clear boundaries and ● Help them create a positive
expectations identity for themselves

(The Developmental Assets Framework, 2019)

 7 ACES
According to the statistics I should be in very poor health.

Most graphs and charts don’t go up to 7 but since higher risks correlate with a
higher score, the exact numbers are not necessary to understand the effects.
 My Personal Risk/Protective Factors

Negative Factors Positive Influences

● Depression ● Therapy
● Overweight ● Active Lifestyle (Thank you
● Use of drugs, tobacco, and in person classes)
alcohol ● Caring friends and
moderation
 ACES Research: Personal Reflection on Risk/Protective
Factors

The CDC’s Methods for reducing the adverse effects of

ACEs
● Access to programs that enhance skills to handle stress
● Creating safe environments at school to lessen the impact
and prevent further trauma
● Recognize challenges families face and offer support and
encouragement to reduce stress

(Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences, 2019)

 Strategies to Build Strong Communities:
Enhance Skills
● Academic skill-building and homework help
● Exploration of special interests such as art, music, theater,
dance, computers and technology, crafts, games, etc.
● Cultural activities
(Community Skill Development Program)
 Strategies to Build Strong Communities:
Enhance Skills
● Volunteer work and community service, also known as
service-learning (Community Skill Development Program)
● Introducing makerspaces (Makerspaces: the Benefits)
● College and job preparation and community internships
(Community Skill Development Program)
References
3 ways to Develop Self-Regulation. (2020, May 26). https://www.habitsforwellbeing.com/3-ways-to-develop-
self-regulation/.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019, November 5). Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences
(ACEs) to improve U.S. health. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2019/p1105-prevent-aces.html.

Community Skill Development Program. Carsda Trust. (n.d.). https://carsda.org/skill-development-program/.

The Developmental Assets Framework. Search Institute. (2019, November 5). https://www.search-
institute.org/our-research/development-assets/developmental-assets-framework/.

Makerspaces: the Benefits. curiositycommons. (2016, April 25).

https://curiositycommons.wordpress.com/makerspaces-the-benefits/.

What is SELF-REGULATION? (+95 skills and strategies). (2021, February 8).

https://positivepsychology.com/self-regulation/.