Resiliency : what we have learned
Benard, Bonnie2004
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A few years ago, resiliency theory was relatively new to the fields of prevention and education. Today, it is at the heart of hundreds of school and community programs that recognize in all young people the capacity to lead healthy, successful lives. The key, as Benard reports in this synthesis of a decade and more of resiliency research, is the role that families, schools, and communities play in supporting, and not undermining, this biological drive for normal human development. Of special interest is the evidence that resiliency prevails in most cases by far - even in extreme situations, such as those caused by poverty, troubled families, and violent neighbourhoods.An understanding of this developmental wisdom and the supporting research, Benard argues, must be integrated into adults' vision for the youth they work with and communicated to young people themselves.
Main title:
Resiliency : what we have learned / Bonnie Benard.
Author:
Imprint:
San Francisco, CA : WestEd, c2004.
Collation:
vi, 148 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-148).
ISBN:
97809144091820914409182
Language:
English
BRN:
1890379