Goldstein / Brooks Handbook of Resilience in Children

2005
ISBN: 978-0-306-48572-5
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten, eBook

A five-year-old child watched helplessly as his younger brother drowned. In the same year, glaucoma began to darken his world. His family was too poor to provide the medical help that might have saved his sight. His parents died during his teens. Eventually he found him self in a state institution for the blind. As an African American he was not permitted to access many activities within the institution, including music. Given the obstacles he faced, one would not have easily predicted that he would someday become a world renowned musician. This man's name was Ray Charles. His life story, similar to many other individuals who faced great emotional, physical, and environmental adversities exemplifies that some can and do survive and in fact thrive. Yet, many others who encounter similar patterns of problems struggle to transition successfully into their adult lives, often finding themselves adrift in poverty, despair, and psychiatric problems.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goldstein, Sam

Brooks, Robert B.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Overview.- Why Study Resilience?.- Resilience Processes in Development.- Understanding the Concept of Resilience.- Resilience in Gene-Environment Transactions.- Sustaining and Reframing Vulnerability and Connection.- Relational Resilience in Girls.- What Can we Learn about Resilience from Large-Scale Longitudinal Studies.- Measuring Resilience in Children.- Part II: Environmental Issues.- Poverty in Childhood amd Adolscence.- Family Violence and Parent Psycholpathology.- Families as Contexts for Children's Adaptation.- Resiliency in Maltreated Children.- Part III: Resilience as a Phenomenon in Childhood Disorders.- Resilience and the Disruptive Disorders of Childhood.- From Helplessness to Optimism.- Resilience and the Child with Learning Disabilities.- Resilience and Self-Control Impairment.- Part IV: Shaping the Future of Children.- Positive Adaptation, Resilience, and the Developmnt Asset Framework.- The Power of Parenting.- Building Educational Oppurtunity.- Building Resilience in All Children.- Resilience through Violence Prevention in Schools.- Enhancing the Process of Resilience through Effective Thinking.- Part V: Conclusions.- The Future of Children Today.