Help Students Build Resilience, Character, and Confidence – Simple Strategies for Success

Today’s students face a lot of challenges—more stress, anxiety, and social struggles than ever before. As educators, we want to help them not only succeed in school, but also grow into resilient, confident, and empathetic individuals who can handle life’s challenges.

Join us with Dr. Michele Borba, a well-respected educational psychologist, and author, for a professional development session.

Dr. Borba identified 7 character traits every student needs to thrive and practical strategies that empower students to master them.

During the session, she will teach how to help your students:

● Build resilience, self-control, and perseverance

● Develop empathy, curiosity, and integrity

● Improve behavior and overall well-being

Her strategies are based on research-backed principles and are designed to be easily incorporated into your current classroom routines—no need for extra programs or resources.

Why should you attend?

● Learn practical, simple strategies that you can apply right away.

● Gain insights from one of the world’s leading experts in child development and education, who has worked with over 1 million educators worldwide.

● Walk away with tools to help students succeed now and in the future.

Reserve your spot now and start helping your students become more resilient, confident, and successful.

This event is geared toward teachers of grades K-12

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Produced by The Wellness Institute, a division of the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI)

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Speaker Bio

Michele Borba, Ed.D. is an internationally renowned educator, award-winning author, and parenting child expert recognized for her solution-based strategies to strengthen children’s character, resilience, and reduce peer cruelty.

Dr. Borba is as well known for her warm, down-to-earth speaking style as she is for cutting edge insights. Her informative presentations leave audiences with usable strategies. A sought-after motivational speaker, she has spoken on 30 countries in six continents and served as a consultant to hundreds of schools and corporations. Clients include Sesame Street, Harvard, U.S. Air Force Academy, 18 U.S. Army bases in Europe and the Asian-Pacific, H.H. the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi ,and a TEDx Talk: “Empathy Is a Verb.” She offers realistic, research-based advice culled from a career working with over one million parents and educators worldwide.

She is the award-winning author of 25 books translated into 21 languages, including her most recent book, Thrivers: The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine as well as Nobody Likes Me, No More Misbehavin’, Don’t Give Me That Attitude!, Building Moral Intelligence, Parents Do Make a Difference, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions, End Peer Cruelty, Build Empathy, and UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World.

Dr. Borba is a former classroom and special education teacher with a wide range of teaching experience, including work in a private practice with children with learning and emotional disabilities. She received a Doctorate in Educational Psychology and Counseling from the University of San Francisco, an M.A. in Learning Disabilities and B.A. from the University of Santa Clara, and Life Teaching Credential from San Jose State University. She lives in Palm Springs, California with her husband and has three grown sons.

More information: MicheleBorba.com, Twitter @MicheleBorba, Instagram: @drmicheleborba