Dr. Susan Salcido | Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools
The Santa Barbara County School Wellness Council would like to thank Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Susan Salcido for her continued participation and support since 2014 of the annual School Wellness Summit, which is a valued professional learning opportunity for members of our school communities.
Five Ingredients of Resiliency | Suzanne Grimmesey
Resiliency is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, or other significant sources of stress. Resiliency is the ability to know how to navigate resources — and the capacity to bounce back.
Relationships that are built through hard times can be exceptionally resilient – and even continue when a “new normal” begins (perhaps as we are experiencing with COVID). These relationships may even help us to more effectively “rise to the occasion” when the next crisis occurs (as we know it will).
A resilient team, or community, can respond to crisis in ways that strengthens the team or community bonds, strengthens resources available, and strengthen the capacity as a team or community to cope. Community resilience is the individual — and collective — capacity to respond to adversity and change.
Suzanne Grimmesey, MFT, PIO/Chief Quality Care and Strategy Officer, is responsible for leadership of Quality Care and Strategy Management within the Department of Behavioral Wellness.
Suzanne has worked with the Department of Behavioral Wellness since 1998 in a variety of roles, including Quality Assurance Training Coordinator, Calle Real Adult Outpatient Clinic Manager, Mental Health Treatment Court Program Manager, Division Manager for Children's Services and Division Chief for Program Operations. She earned her BA in Psychology from the University of San Diego, holds a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology, and is licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist.
