Episode 8 focuses on resilience and how families can adopt a strengths based approach. Guest, Edie Dolan, Director of Student Services, has advanced degrees in General Education, Special Education, and Administration/Leadership, and has served in diverse roles as general education teacher, special education teacher, coach, coordinator, liaison, administrator, and mentor for new administrators. She is a certified Life Space Crisis Intervention and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention in Schools Trainer, and is particularly passionate about behavior supports and the interplay between social emotional learning with student performance. In this episode, she will discuss why using a strengths based approach is crucial for student success, how it improves mental health, and how a strengths based approach and resiliency work together.