Resilience in Action

By: Linda Liebenberg, Michael Ungar

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Paperback | 28 June 2008 | Edition Number 2

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Mental health specialists and researchers contend that the development of resilience in youth is facilitated at several levels. Relational, cultural, individual, and governmental factors all have a strong influence over the mental well being of young people. Resilience in Action looks at youth interventions with a view to fostering resilience in those living in adverse situations and conditions.

In order to provide a practical approach to the issue, the essays in this volume explore the components of successful interventions, encouraging the transmission of effective practices from one community to another across borders. It is organized into four sections, each dealing with a different aspect of work with at-risk youth. The first section focuses on individual health and the ways in which intervention and therapy strengthen personal resources. The second section explores the dynamics of interventions in relation to specific contexts and localized relationships, emphasizing holistic approaches to youth work. A review of the cultural relevance of resilience follows in section three, and the fourth considers ways of increasing the accessibility to resources that encourage healthy development.

Featuring contributors from a variety of academic and cultural backgrounds, Resilience in Action offers diverse answers to many of the persistent questions mental health professionals ask regarding how to enhance resilience.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Understanding Youth Resilience in Action: The Way Forward	p. 3
Putting Resilience Theory into Action: Five Principles for Intervention	p. 17
Promoting Individual Well-Being
Understanding Adolescent Self-Injury from a Resilience Perspective: A Model for International Interpretation	p. 39
Discovering How Resilient Capacities Develop in the Midst of Surviving Incest	p. 61
Fostering Post-traumatic Growth in Adolescent Immigrants	p. 87
Building a Better Mousetrap: Risk and Resilience Processes, the DSM, and the Child Psychiatrist	p. 111
Promoting Resilience and Coping in Social Workers: Learning from Perceptions about Resilience and Coping among South African Social Work Students	p. 137
Structuring Services for Youth
Supporting Resilience among Homeless Youth	p. 167
The Impact of an Informal Career Development Program on the Resilience of Inner-City Youth	p. 192
Resilience as Process: A Group Intervention Program for Adolescents with Learning Difficulties	p. 215
Youth Expedition Programming in Singapore: Building Resilience and Positive Personal Development	p. 238
Australian Approaches to Understanding and Building Resilience in At-Risk Populations	p. 264
Cultural Relevance
Synchronicity or Serendipity? Aboriginal Wisdom and Childhood Resilience	p. 289
Resilience in Japanese Youth	p. 321
Chinese Approaches to Understanding and Building Resilience in At-Risk Young People: The Case of Hong Kong	p. 335
Government Policy and Service Provision
Raising Youth Voices in Community and Policy Decision Making	p. 355
Policy Responses to Youth in Adversity: An Integrated, Strengths-Based Approach	p. 380
Contributors	p. 401
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