Title: Resiliency In Action: Practical Ideas for Overcoming Risks and Building Strengths in Youth, Families, and Communities
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: 2nd Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Weight: 1.63 pounds

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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.

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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.

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