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Resilience

Resiliency, the ability to cope with and recover from adversity, is an important part of life. No one escapes adversity in this life. It may look different for everyone but everyone has to cope at some time or another with challenging  people and/ or situations.  Teaching our students and children skills that may increase resiliency will help them in every aspect of their life, including being bullied.  Given that some youth who bully others may be doing so in response to being bullied themselves or the inability to cope with some difficulty these skills may also prevent bullying from happening.

Most of the suggestions in the following articles can be adapted for use in the classroom, at home or most any environment that youth are in.

 

http://www.stopbullyingnow.com/resiliency.htm

http://resilnet.uiuc.edu/library/grotb95b.html#appendix1 – Guide to promoting resiliency

http://www.cyc-net.org/cyc-online/cycol-0205-resilience.html -Using academic strategies to build resilience

http://resilnet.uiuc.edu/library/grotb95b.html -A Guide to Promoting Resilience in Children: Strengthening the Human Spirit

-Appendix of previous link with strategies for teachers/parents: http://resilnet.uiuc.edu/library/grotb95b.html#appendix1 –Promoting resilience in children: teaching and discussion strategies (several concrete suggestions)

http://www.ecoliteracy.org/downloads/building-resilience-home -lesson plan on resiliency

http://knowledgex.camh.net/amhspecialists/promotion/Pages/building_resilience.aspx -Building resilience

http://crahd.phi.org/papers/Fostering.pdf  – Fostering Resilience in Children – Bonnie Benard

http://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu/prpsum.htm -resilience research in children

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept96/vol54/num01/Building-Resiliency-in-Students.aspx -Building resiliency in students

http://www.edgeworkconsulting.com/tools/16%20Games%20That%20Promote%20Conversations%20About%20Resilience%282005%29.pdf  -Activities to promote conversations about resilience

http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/resilience.aspx#  -10 tips for building resilience in children and teens

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/pressure-proof/201111/7-strategies-building-your-familys-resilience – “7 strategies for building your family’s resilience” (could also be used in the classroom)

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=775b94b440ad73397931a9ad7&id=879637a2fb&e=fcb29b10f0  -the secret to raising a resilient child –Dr. Laura Markham

http://www.risk-within-reason.com/2011/10/24/coping-strategies – Teaching kids good coping strategies to build resilience. (part 1)

http://www.risk-within-reason.com/2011/10/26/resilience-connection – Building resilience (part 2): How to give your kids a sense of connection

http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_works_in_building_resilience__-_summary_1_.pdf – What works in building resilience?

http://www.connectwithkids.com/ADAPP/pdf/BuildingResilienceResourceGuide.pdf  -Resource guide –building resilience discussion questions (includes an activity and worksheets)

http://www.education.com/reference/article/building-resilience-children-challenges -Building resilience in children with challenges

http://www.devereux.org/site/PageServer?pagename=dcrc_sses –Socially strong emotionally secure: 50 activities to promote resilience in young children

http://health.tki.org.nz/Key-collections/Curriculum-in-action/Making-Meaning/Health-education2/Building-resilience-in-schools -Building resilience in schools- Level 8  (This is a lesson plan from a New Zealand government website to use to increase understanding of resilience)

http://www.headroom.net.au/Content.aspx?p=123 –Building resilience in the classroom

http://www.tnschoolsprepare.com/building-resilience -Building resilience: Suggestions for healing activities for children in the aftermath of trauma, grief and loss.

http://www.mindmatters.edu.au/verve/_resources/EnhanceResilience_1.pdf -Enhancing Resilience

http://www.thehappinessinstitute.com/freeproducts/docs/Building%20Resilience%20-%20Using%20Positive%20Psychology%20to%20get%20through%20tough%20times.pdf -Building Resilience – Using Positive Psychology to get through tough times

http://psychology.about.com/od/crisiscounseling/tp/become-more-resilient.htm – Ten ways to become more resilient

http://danielgoleman.info/2011/resilience-for-the-rest-of-us/ – Resilience for the rest of us

http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/3691/1/3691_Oliver_et_al_2006.pdf – Building resilience in young people through meaningful participation by Oliver, Collin, Burns & Nicholas

http://www.thinklocalactpersonal.org.uk/_library/Resources/BCC/Befriending_Works.pdf -Befriending Works: building resiliency in local communities

http://learningforsustainability.net/pubs/Building_Resilience_in_Rural_Communities_Toolkit.pdf – Building resilience in rural communities

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:9UZQ_7xvoH8J:www.jhsph.edu/mci/Library/Resilience_and_SEL/References_Building_Resilience.doc+national+resilience+resource+center&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESggKuSiH3Zgvw07aVV-Hx8fM8HV5TunsO1LfA4h5CdFBqPQMfzlUFSCtE28k2GfnFNrctU7qbMlNoL0qFptmdrxIl6licdJvHfOtoIhTuoYB_w0gF8rFHG9Ec4_pIT8qgf2fwzo&sig=AHIEtbR9FF6U3daopM60wzSu50ia-9dYaw – References for building resilience