Resilience in Children, Families, and Communities Linking Context to Practice and Policy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Peters, Ray DeV (Editor), Leadbeater, Bonnie (Editor), McMahon, Robert J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Clinical psychology.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.

Despite the numerous benefits derived from major technological and medical innovations of the past century, we continue to live in a world rife with significant social problems and challenges. Children continue to be born into lives of poverty; others must confront daily their parent’s mental illnes...

Table of Contents:

• The Conceptual and Empirical Framework for Linking Resilience to Intervention and Policy
• Resilience Research
• Resilience in Context
• Disruptive Behaviors
• The Resilience Revolution
• Resilience Enhancement Programs for High-Risk Children, Families, and Youth
• Creating Effective School-Based Interventions for Pregnant Teenagers
• Dating Relationships among At-Risk Adolescents
• Building Strengths and Resilience among At-Risk Mothers and Their Children
• Expanding Resilience Programs to Include Neighborhoods and Communities
• The Social Transformation of Environments and the Promotion of Resilience in Children
• Promoting Resilience in the Inner City
• A Community-Based Approach to Promoting Resilience in Young Children, Their Families, and Their Neighborhoods
• Steps Toward Community-Level Resilience.