Hartford to host workshop aimed at making children more resilient

Led by TEDxNorthwich speaker and founder of The Resilient Kid, Ashley Costello, the event is designed to promote greater emotional resilience in children and young people.

And this is something Ashley is hoping to achieve when the workshop arrives at The Hart of Hartford next Tuesday.

“Most people think resilience comes from getting through a hard time, which is true, but you can also build resilience proactively,” said trained child and adolescent psychotherapist Ashley.

“I have designed the workshop to teach resilience strategies in a very practical way so that parents and teachers can learn useful tips to put into use with children in their care straight away.

“With so much change and conflict in the world, children need all the resilience they can get, and it is our job to equip them with the emotional and mental skills they need to thrive.”

The workshop will build on content from Ashley’s talk at TEDxNorthwich this summer, where she asked whether ‘education is broken’ and highlighted the need for emotional and mental wellbeing to be taught in schools.

The two-hour workshop will explain the importance of resilience, look at the challenges facing young people today and share useful strategies to build greater ‘bounce-back-ability’ and emotional wellbeing in young people.

“My mission is to teach children and their parents and to give them the foundations they need to change the world,” Ashley added.

“It's not just Greta Thunberg that will make those important changes, but everyday kids too.”

Ashley has spent more than 20 years working with children and young people in the UK and the Middle East.

She founded The Resilient Kid, a project designed to improve resilience and wellbeing in children, earlier this year and is also the CEO of Mini Me Yoga.

The event starts at 7pm on Tuesday, November 19 at The Hart of Hartford and tickets are priced at £40.

To book a ticket, search for The Resilient Kid on Facebook or Eventbrite.