Resilience Builder Program - Universal

Mary Karapetian Alvord, PhD, and Colleen Cummings, PhD
Resilience Across Borders, Inc
2025
Target Audience
Professional
About the Book

Resilience Builder Program–Universal (RBP-U)

A ready-to-use resilience curriculum for upper elementary classrooms RBP-U is a research-informed, practical program designed to help 4th and 5th grade students strengthen their emotional, social, and academic skills. Created by mental health professionals in collaboration with educators, this toolkit makes teaching resilience simple, engaging, and time-efficient.

What’s included:

  • 25 ready-made lessons (15 minutes each) covering 12 core resilience skills
  • Step-by-step lesson guides with clear scripts
  • Short, engaging videos to introduce and reinforce concepts
  • Interactive classroom activities that keep students involved
  • Family newsletters in English and Spanish to extend learning at home
  • A 1-year subscription to the RBP-U companion website with online training and classroom videos

Your clients and/or students will learn:

  • How to build flexible thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Strategies for managing anxiety and everyday stress
  • Conversation, social, and coping skills that support positive relationships
  • Tools to develop confidence, persistence, and a growth mindset

Whether you’re a classroom teacher, school counselor, mental health professional, or afterschool educator, RBP-U provides everything you need to integrate resilience-building into your day—without adding to your workload. It’s a practical, effective way to support client and/or student well-being and help them thrive, one lesson at a time.