First Lady Casey DeSantis unveils first-in-the-nation opportunity for parents and grandparents to support students in the classroom
Press release from the Office of Governor Ron DeSantis
LYNN HAVEN, Fla. – Today, First Lady Casey DeSantis unveiled new Resiliency Florida resources to support students and parents to build resiliency at school and home. The First Lady also announced a first-in-the-nation opportunity for Florida parents and grandparents to be in-school Resiliency Coaches to help students overcome challenges. Parents and grandparents serving as Resiliency Coaches will be eligible for a $150 stipend upon completion of a one-hour training and a volunteering practicum in schools. Resiliency Coach training will be available to parents and grandparents this summer with practicum hours beginning in the fall of 2024.
“Resiliency is important for students to successfully navigate and overcome life’s obstacles,” said First Lady Casey DeSantis. “Florida parents, grandparents, teachers, and mentors will now have opportunities to coach and access to high-quality resources to lead important discussions with students about resiliency.”
Resiliency Florida is a first-in-the-nation initiative focused on reframing mental health education to focus on building resiliency skills including: grit, perseverance, gratitude, personal responsibility, decision-making, mentorship, self-awareness, problem-solving, empathy, citizenship, and honesty.
“The First Lady’s Resiliency Florida initiative is an innovative way to approach mental health and student support,” said Florida Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, Jr. “We are proud to be a part of this historic endeavor and look forward to finding more ways to encourage Florida students to be resilient.”
As Resiliency Florida classroom teaching aids and recommended reading materials are introduced in schools, parents can access discussion guides to encourage family conversations and participate in their child’s resiliency education.
To access Resiliency Florida materials, visit the new Resiliency Florida website at: BuildResiliency.org.
First Lady DeSantis launched the Resiliency Florida initiative in February of 2021 to equip Florida’s youth with the skills to overcome life’s challenges. In March of 2023, the State Board of Education adopted the First Lady’s recommendations for this first-in-the-nation approach on resiliency education designed to impart critical skills in early grades and to support students as they demonstrate those concepts in later grades. The standards embed concepts of civic responsibility through citizenship and mentorship to not only help students understand the value of these ideas but to actively engage in activities and exercises that will prepare them to be upstanding, responsible citizens. In addition to the resources announced today, the Department has developed additional pathways for adults and parents, school counselors, and educators to help students build resiliency.
Florida continues to be a national leader in education and its continued focus on resiliency is yet another example of Florida’s commitment to strong students and empowered parents.
What a great idea, she is as smart, if not smarter than her husband, Florida is lucky to have two such as these, Thank you to Both of them.
She wants to PAY parents to take care of their own damn spawn?
She must be a Democrat as only a Dem could come up with such a woke idea.
She and her husband ooze self-promotion and ambition. Her dream is to be the next Jackie Kennedy but she isn’t classy enough – they call her Tackie Kennedy which is accurate.
Hating a woman because she’s married to a man the TV brainwashed you to hate…I wouldn’t say that’s too classy.
Please continue to post on every single article and press release mentioning Ron DeSantis or his family. I’d rather have you earning $0.37 per post here than begging on the street.
Brava for Ms. DeSantis. This couple have done so much for Florida and as a native I’m so glad to have another native Floridian in the Gov’s office.
Governor and legislature have been very destructive to public education at all levels as per funneling taxpayer $$$ to religious and ill conceived charters with no oversight. This idea is garbage ; talk about the left being “ freely/touchy”!
Then there are now chaplains in public schools. Absurd !
And of course using FL $$$ to transport illegals from another state while a Fl road worker was accidentally killed by an illegal in our own state.
What a guy!
“…grit, perseverance, gratitude, personal responsibility, decision-making, mentorship, self-awareness, problem-solving, empathy, citizenship, and honesty.”
What an excellent list of skills for citizens of all ages!