Resiliency In Action: Practical Ideas for Overcoming Risks and Building Strengths in Youth, Families, and Communities - Softcover

Nan Henderson; With Bonnie Benard And Nancy Sharp-Light

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966939433 ISBN 13: 9780966939439

Publisher: Resiliency In Action, 2007

Synopsis

This one-of-a-kind manual is an updated and expanded (with 50% new material) 2nd edition, which includes sections on The Foundations of Resiliency; Resiliency and Schools, Resiliency and Communities; Resiliency and Mentoring, Support and Counseling; Resiliency and Youth Development; Resiliency and Families; and Resiliency and the Brain. Foreword is by Peter Benson, Ph.D., President of Search Institute. The book is filled with research summaries on how to foster a resilient overcoming in the face of adversity, suggestions for practical applications of the research, examples of successful programs and practices, and individual stories of resilience in the face of abuse, trauma, crises, stress, and other adversity. Contributors include Emmy Werner, Ph.D., Peter Benson, Ph.D., Steve Wolin, M.D., Sybil Wolin, Ph.D., Bonnie Benard, M.S.W., Nan Henderson, M.S.W., and many other leading voices in the field.

About this title

About the Author

Nan Henderson, M.S.W., is a pioneer in the dissemination of the growing body of research and practice in fostering resiliency. She is an international speaker, writer, and president of Resiliency In Action, a publishing and training company in Southern California, which she cofounded in 1996 to redirect the national obsession with risks and weaknesses to embracing the reality and power of human resilience. She has authored many articles and books, which have been translated into several languages, including Resiliency In Schools: Making It Happen for Students and Educators.

From the Back Cover

Help kids, families, schools, and communities bounce back from risk and adversity. This book shows you how to foster their resiliency.

Resiliency...is the ability to spring back from and successfully adapt to adversity. An increasing body of research from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, sociology, social work, and education is showing that the majority of children, youth, and adults can bounce back and experience life success and that resiliency is an innate self-righting and transcending ability within people, organizations, and communities.

This book is filled with information you need to know to move your family, your school, your community, and children and youth you work with from risk to resiliency. It includes: * Research findings on how individuals bounce back, with an emphasis on practical application. *Interviews and advice from some of the leading researchers. *How families, schools, and communities are using the resiliency information to make positive changes. *Stories of how youth who have been gang involved, drug involved, pregnant, or failing school have bounced back. *The connection between risk research, asset development, and the resiliency framework. *Many other resources.

Reviews

Children who deal with a variety of obstacles, such as those in families "where parents [are] mentally ill, alcoholic, abusive, or criminal, or in communities that [are] poverty-stricken or war-torn," are considered "at-risk" of not being able to succeed in school or beyond. However, longitudinal studies indicate that the vast majority of "at-risk" children overcome these and other difficulties and grow into adults who lead successful lives. This volume presents a compelling argument that supports a positive paradigm, clearly articulated. Beginning with a basic overview of resiliency and resiliency research, the topic is examined in a series of well-documented and logically organized sections: foundations; schools; communities; mentoring, counseling and support; resiliency in youth development and in families; and finally, resiliency and the brain. Additional publications are presented in annotated lists in some areas (e.g., theoretical and program materials as they relate to resiliency and communities). An essay entitled "Libraries as Resiliency Havens for Children and Youth" combines theoretical and concrete examples of how libraries can embrace and build on the resilience model. While a table of contents lists categorized essays, the lack of an index makes finding specific material more difficult. That said, however, librarians may find diverse discussions on resiliency under one cover both useful and persuasive.—Maria B. Salvadore, formerly at Washington DC Public Library
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Edition details

• Publisher: Resiliency In Action
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0966939433
• ISBN 13: 9780966939439
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Paula Pugh, Ojai (CA) Youth, Designed Cover And Book
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 258
• Editor: Nan Henderson