"Resilience can be learned, what is most important for its development is learning," emphasised Dr. Rafaela Santos, President of the Spanish Resilience Institute and the Humanae Foundationat an informative breakfast held at the headquarters of Proa Communication in which he presented the III Jornada de Divulgación Científica to be held on Friday 20 October.
Dr. Santos, who explained that Resilience is the ability to face adversity, overcome it and come out strongerHe pointed out that this learning "begins in the family itself, as there always has to be a point of support". At the same time, he summarised the "three A's" as the basis for developing it: acceptance, adaptation and attitude. He also stressed the enormous importance of prevention in dealing with both small and large traumas in life. "It is not necessary to have a trauma to develop resilience in children, businesses, health...", he pointed out.
This position was also supported by Dr. José Antonio Cabranes, psychoneuroendocrinologist and professor at the Complutense University of Madrid.He pointed out that it has been proven that a third of the population possesses biological factors that favour resilience, but that genetics can only explain what happens in a 40%, the 60% is produced by what he called the environment (society). He added that resilience should be instilled in education and that it should become almost a matter of state: "In Spain there is no culture of effort, there is a generation that is doing everything very badly".
This capacity of the human being will be developed during the III Jornada de Divulgación Científica del Instituto Español de Resiliencia, which will be held at the Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Madrid on the following day. Friday 20 October and whose motto will be 'Neuroscience, Paralympic Sport and Job Placement: Resilience can be learned'.
The conference will be held between 9:30 and 18:30 and will open with a talk by Dr. Santos on 'Curiosamente: transforming stress into Resilience'. Afterwards, Paralympic athletes ("there is no one better to give us lessons in resilience, perseverance and tenacity", in the words of the neuropsychiatrist) will narrate their testimonies of overcoming stress in the course of a round table discussion. Participants: Eva Moral, David Casinos, Marta Arce, Jairo Ruiz, Loida Zabala, Sara Andrés, Álvaro Valera, Álvaro Galán and Teresa Perales.
The morning sessions will conclude with the presentation of the 3rd Resilience Award to the Spanish Paralympic Team by the Minister of Employment and Social Security, Ms Fátima Báñezwho will be accompanied by the president of the Spanish Paralympic Committee, Miguel Carballeda. In previous editions the award was given to tennis player Rafael Nadal (2015) and ice skater Javier Fernández (2016).
The main event of the afternoon session will be another conference, in this case by psychoneuroendocrinologist José Antonio Cabranes, who will speak on 'Neuroscience and Resilience'. After his talk, and before the closing session, the Paralympic athletes will give their testimonies in another round table.
Among the main objectives of the event, IER seeks to provide people with psychological resources to successfully face adversities and challenges in their lives. The aim is to: provide organisations with resources and methodologies based on the development of resilience to respond to changes and uncertainties in the environment; contribute to creating a more humane society through the development of the individuals themselves; and motivate leaders to be a benchmark in the commitment to implement labour integration policies.
Attendance is free of charge. Due to capacity constraints, registration is required for attendance. You will find the form at this link http://resiliencia-ier.es/evento/.