Resiliency and Children’s Well-Being
Learning Resources
Required Resources
- Web Article: “Resilience in Children At-Risk” by Ann S. Masten
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/carei/publications/documents/ChildrenAtRiskResilience.pdf - Web Article: “Creating Indicators of Positive Development” by Tamara Halle and Kristin Moore
http://www.cce.umn.edu/pdfs/NRRC/positive_development.pdf - Web Site: APA Help Center: Resilience in a Time of War: Tips for Parents and Day-Care Providers of Preschool Children
http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/pre-k-resilience.aspx - Web Article: “A Question of Resilience” by Emily Bazelon
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/magazine/30abuse.html?_r=0
Optional Resources
- Web Site: National Resilience Resource Center
http://www.cce.umn.edu/Information-Center/index.html - Web Site: The Resilience Research Centre
http://www.resilienceproject.org/ - Web Site: Children’s Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/home.html - Web Article: “Stress Taking Charge” by Iowa State University Extension
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/publications/PM1660F.pdf - Web Site: The Annie E. Casey Foundation: Helping Vulnerable Kids and Families Succeed: Our Work
http://www.aecf.org/OurWork.aspxNote: This page connects you with the work of the Annie E. Casey Foundation in the following areas: Child Welfare/Permanence, Community Change, Economic Security, Education, Health, Juvenile Justice, and Special Interest Areas.
- Web Site: The Annie E. Casey Foundation: Helping Vulnerable Kids and Families Succeed: Major Initiatives
http://www.aecf.org/MajorInitiatives.aspx
Resiliency and Children’s Well-Being
“The study of resilience offers both hope and guidance to those who seek to improve the odds of favorable child development. At the same time, there is growing respect for the complexity of the process that influence the course of human development and the difficulty of implementing change in dynamic systems in which children develop. The challenge faced by the next generation of researchers is to successfully apply the lessons learned from naturally occurring resilience to change the course of development among children who have little chance for resilience without intervention” (Masten, 2006).
As you consider what you have been learning about children’s well-being and resiliency, reflect on the following questions:
- What is resiliency?
- What factors contribute to or impede resiliency?
- How can information about resiliency be utilized to support children and families in crisis?
- How can information about resiliency be used to promote healthy development and well-being?
- How has your definition of children’s well-being continued to expand and deepen?
