Rolling with Resilience

Building Family Strengths

Rolling with Resilience (RwR) was developed by the Circle of Courage Training and Development Trust New Zealand. Certified trainers provide an introductory six hour experiential training that can be used with multiple audiences:

Building strengths in families.
Staff professional development
Use directly with young people

The course was developed by Deborah Espiner of the University of Auckland and Diane Guild of Mount Richmond, the first Circle of Courage School in New Zealand

Course Curriculum

Instructors

Mark Freado

Mark Freado, MA in Counseling and MA in Forensic Psychology, is Director of Growing Edge Training, LLC, Westerville, Ohio. He has a forty-year career in mental health, education, social services, program development, leadership, and training. He served in direct care and executive roles with Pressley Ridge and as director of the American Re-ED Association. For over 20 years, he has been a key leader in developing the reclaiming youth movement including serving as Director of the International Training Network for CF Learning, a program of Cal Farley’s in Amarillo, Texas. He and J. C. Chambers co-authored The Art of Kid Whispering: Reaching the Inside Kid. He is also co-developer of Planning Restorative Outcomes, a strength-based assessment model and serves as an expert witness in juvenile justice hearings. He provides professional development and consultation to organizations world-wide.