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Resilience is defined as the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties or toughness. It can also be described as the ability to adapt to any circumstance.
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Wheeling Park High School Principal Meredith Dailer looks on as Army veteran Duncan Kirkwood discusses an online resilience training workshop he will conduct for West Virginia teens on May 20.
A military veteran trained to assist soldiers with coping mechanisms will share his experience with West Virginia youths courtesy of McDonald’s restaurants.
Duncan Kirkwood, a former 1st lieutenant in the Alabama National Guard, will present a free online resilience training workshop for teenagers across the state at 1:30 p.m. on May 20.
He is the author of “Rerouting: Resilience Tools and Tactics.” Local McDonald’s restaurants owned by the Stoltz family purchased 200 copies of the book, which will be distributed to WPHS students. Some copies will be kept at the school for reference by future students.