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The science is clear. We can build resilience at any age.

This is our mission:

  • Educators feel equipped to teach any student who walks into their classroom

  • The latest relationship, regulation, and discipline science is actionable and felt in the school and classroom

  • Building a culture of concern and promoting staff and student wellness is essential

  • Discipline happens in school instead of putting kids out

  • We are committed to using consequences to teach

How Can We Be There for You?

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    Restorative Practice Coaches

    Restorative Practices are skills and strategies that build stronger communities by replacing punishment with conflict resolution. Our team training model supports long-term behavioral and relational wellness.

  • Poverty Paradigm Simulation

    Our interactive simulation offers a glimpse into the experiences that many of our students and families face each month. This interactive experience is specifically designed for use by communities and schools.

  • RISE

    Elementary schools nationwide are grappling with a critical issue: disruptive and unsafe behaviors among students. RISE offers a research-based alternative to out-of-school suspension or when students are not classroom-ready.

We want you to be part of the conversation!

Join hundreds of others on our
Resilience Facebook group.

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    Caregiver's Compass: a Toolkit for Building Resilient Brains and Bodies

    Our online curriculum, designed for families of children ages 3-7, strengthens home-school partnerships and promotes emotional regulation.

Meet Our Team

We’re a group of education and community-based professionals who have lived and worked in this field for over 20 years. Each member brings not only the overarching message of resilience-building to the work, but each has their own specialty and passion areas that contribute to the work.

We offer full-service coaching and consulting for your schools, non-profit organizations, and the greater community.

Carmen Zeisler

Team Lead, Restorative Practitioner and Trainer, Trauma Informed and Resilience Coaching, PBL

Ginger Lewman

Restorative Practitioner, Crisis Response Facilitator, Staff Co-Care, PBL, Gifted & High-Ability Learners

Katie May

Trauma Responsive, Relationship Focused, Calm Space Advocate, Social Emotional Coach

Jill Brown

Virtual Learning & Distance-Learning Consultant

Renee Martin

Learning Center Director, Resilience Consultant

Rebecca Lewis-Pankratz

Trauma-Informed Contractor,
Poverty Resolution

FAQs

resilienceteam@essdack.org
620-663-9566

1500 E 11th Ave #200
Hutchinson, KS 67501