Social Networks, Ungar suggests maintaining our resilience through intimate and sustaining love from others, through our development of lots and lots of supportive relationships and having a sense of belonging in a community whether based on friendship, culture or spiritual commonalities. The mapping strategy of planning our Caregiving Team is tied into Ungar’s description of the significance of having lots and lots of supportive relationships to call upon when we start to prepare our list of future caregivers. It is important that we have a sense of control in our selection of those individuals who we trust to best support us in specific roles, as outlined by Sue.
Sue’s last strategy in her framework supports the importance of the implementation of the complete list of the dozen resilience resources to support our successful movement through the upcoming years. Ungar’s last resource is financial wellbeing. Sue emphasizes that our financial wellbeing is dependent on how we have managed her other framework strategies over our older adult years. Ungar concludes that “Finding the resources we need for success depends on the quality of our social, built (created) and natural environments.” All aspects of our life intertwine to support our resilience and wellbeing as we map our best aging journey.
“Four Strategies for Success” to become
In the next KIT, I will discuss Ungar’s
their insights with us.
the most resilient person in our lifetime to enhance our best aging journey. For more information about Ungar’s work, you can check his You Tube videos where he describes in more detail his Resilience Resources. Sue Lantz will host an RTAM Wellness Zoom presentation on October 3 to further develop our understanding of the Five Strategy Framework she presented at our AGM. Sue Lantz’s Five Strategy Framework and Michael Ungar’s Dozen Resilience Resources mutually interweave to assist us in mapping our best future ever. Let’s benefit from the wisdom gained by these two Canadian researchers as they share
Don’t forget to order your Student Portfolio today!
S
eptember is the time when students start a fresh new school year full of activities and projects with which they are passionate. This is the perfect time to sponsor a student for a Student Success Portfolio. Students in Grades 9 -12 can start their collection of memories of all the exciting adventures and opportunities they will be having during their high school journey.
2. B riefly describe the “Student Success Portfolio Project” to the student. 3. C omplete and submit the application form found on our website. 4. Once your student has received their portfolio folder, you can start your conversations encouraging them to save any
Last year a change was made to the requirements of participating in this program. Instead of only being able to sponsor a family member, now RTAM members can sponsor a family friend or acquaintance to support in creating this lifetime memory portfolio of their high school years.
reminders, triggers, certificates, etc. in their portfolio in
Enjoy being a mentor to a student as they create their high school portfolio collection!
post-secondary education.
Four simple steps to get started supporting your students
preparation for completing many different scholarships and award applications during their graduation year. They can win $1000 from our RTAM Student Award and funds from other scholarship sponsors to help offset the many costs of their
For more information about the Student Success Portfolios and the application to sponsor a student, check out the RTAM website rtam.mb.ca and follow the path: About Us >
Future education
Committees > Student Success Portfolios > More Information >
1. Contact your Grade 9 - 12 student(s) whom you would like to support with the development of their Student Success Portfolio.
following page.
Portfolios > Application Form or use the Application Form on the
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