A Leader's Guide to The Struggle to Be Strong: How to Foster Resilience in Teens (Teen-Focused Coping Skills) Wolin, Sybil; Desetta, Al; Hefner, Keith and Sean Chambers

Activities, exercises, and questions invite teens to go deeper into the stories in , relate them to their lives, recognize their own potential for resilience, and start building resiliency skills.

Sybil Wolin, Ph.D., is a developmental psychologist and was codirector of Project Resilience from 1987 to 2000. She lives on the Chesapeake Bay with her husband.

Al Desetta, M.A., was an editor at Youth Communication, a New York based nonprofit organization that teaches writing, journalism, and leadership skills to inner-city teens, from 1985 until 2002.

He is currently a freelance editor.

Keith Hefner is Executive Director of Youth Communication, a New York-based nonprofit organization that teaches writing, journalism, and leadership skills to inner-city teens. He is also the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship for his work in youth development.