Stories of Resilience in Childhood

Stories of Resilience in Childhood

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  • Author: Daniel D. Challener
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1000639045
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 247

What helps a child overcome extraordinary obstacles? Why do some children surmount many difficulties and go on to live fulfilling lives while other children who face similar difficulties end up living desperate, sad lives? What helps children beat the odds? What builds resilience in children? These are critically important questions, yet for too long social scientists, doctors, psychologists and teachers have studied children who failed and tried to figure out what caused the failure. Only relatively recently have they begun to focus on what creates success. Originally published in 1997, this book is an effort to understand better what contributes to a child’s "success" and "resilience". The source of information will be autobiographies of childhoods – autobiographical stories written by adults remembering their difficult childhoods. This is not a research study or case study, rather it is an attempt to read and listen to five stories about resilient children and see what they can tell us about supporting children and building resilience.


Story Kingdom

Story Kingdom

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  • Author: Paul Pringle
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • ISBN: 9781708891077
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 133

Storytelling has been used for millennia to delight and entertain, but it is vastly more than that. Metaphor is the language of the brain. Stories provide patterns and templates through which we make sense of our world and our place in it. Of course, we need data; we need the facts, the numbers....but the data is not the story, it exists to help us tell the story.The approach proposed in these pages understands the power of story and integrates it into the learning process. We live in an age where there are more platforms from which to tell our stories than ever before in human history, along with a plethora of stories competing for our children's attention. It is of vital importance that the stories we tell our children are carefully selected to nurture and nourish them as thinkers, learners and emotionally resilient, happy people. These multi-layered little story gems slip unheeded past the guards at the gates of our rational defences and offer a springboard for developing the thinking tools necessary for navigating the ever more complex social and emotional world our children inhabit. These stories offer to touch hearts and minds and counter the negative, unhelpful patterns in so many of the 'stories' which work their ways into hearts and minds everywhere.


Supernormal

Supernormal

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  • Author: Meg Jay
  • Publisher: Canongate Books
  • ISBN: 1782114955
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 423

In this seminal new study of resilience, Meg Jay tells the stories of a diverse group of people who have overcome trauma in their childhoods to go on and live successful lives as adults. These are the 'supernormal', who having shouldered greater than average hardship as children defy expectation and achieve better than average success as adults. But how, and at what cost? Whether it was experiencing parental divorce, or growing up with an alcohol or drug-abusing parent, living with a parent or sibling with mental illness, being bullied, living in poverty, being a witness to domestic violence, suffering physical or emotional neglect, the people Meg Jay introduces us to are all survivors. She explores what they have in common that made it possible for them to transcend the trauma of their early years and to build successful adult lives. And she asks the questions: What was the cost of developing those powers? And having survived, even thrived, how do you go on and build a trusting, fulfilled life? Drawing on her clinical experience with survivors of childhood trauma, Meg Jay documents ordinary people made extraordinary by the experience of all-too-common trauma. Bringing together personal, scientific and cultural knowledge Jay gives a voice to the experience of the 'supernormal', furnishes them with the tools to better understand themselves and take full advantage of their strengths, and gives a window into their world for those who seek to understand them.


Forming Resilient Children

Forming Resilient Children

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  • Author: Holly Catterton Allen
  • Publisher: InterVarsity Press
  • ISBN: 151400173X
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 137

Many children today are growing up in the midst of adversity, whether brought on by family difficulties or larger societal crises. All children need to be able to deal with stress, cope with challenges, and persevere through disappointments. While we cannot protect children from all hardships, we can promote healthy development that fosters resilience. In this interdisciplinary work, Holly Catterton Allen builds a bridge between resilience studies and children's spiritual formation. Because children are spiritual beings, those who work with them can cultivate spiritual practices that are essential to their thriving in challenging times. This book equips educators, counselors, children's ministers, and parents with ways of developing children's spirituality to foster the resilience needed to face the ordinary hardships of childhood and to persevere when facing trauma. It offers particular insight into the spiritual experiences of children who have been hurt by life through chronic illness, disability, abuse, or disasters, with resources for healing and hope.


Childhood Well-being and Resilience

Childhood Well-being and Resilience

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  • Author: Zeta Williams-Brown
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 100020751X
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 184

This book examines the ways in which well-being affects educational outcomes. Using an ecological approach, the book defines what we mean by well-being and resilience in education and how this relates to policy and children and young people’s rights. The book considers strategies utilised by the education, health, voluntary and private sectors which promote well-being and resilience for children and young people from the early years to adulthood. This book also explores societal factors such as poverty and family well-being. Childhood Well-being and Resilience goes on to provide examples of practice interventions inside and outside the classroom. It represents a sea change in professional approaches to well-being and resilience as protective factors against poor mental health. It includes chapters on key topics such as: The concept of child well-being, resilience and the rights of the child Peer interaction and well-being Social media and mental health Well-being and outdoor learning Mindfulness for young children International policy and child well-being This book supports professionals to increase their knowledge, establish a skill set and build their confidence which can enable children and young people to develop good levels of well-being and to improve their resilience. Including reflective questions and case studies, Childhood Well-being and Resilience is essential reading for undergraduate students studying Early Childhood Studies, Education Studies, Teaching Awards and Family and Community Studies.


Rise From the Ashes

Rise From the Ashes

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  • Author: Payton Lynch
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9781637306291
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 226

Many of us remember where we were in the moments of 9/11, however few of us can say we personally know someone who was impacted by this tragedy. Payton Lynch, the author of Rise from the Ashes: Stories of Trauma, Resilience, and Growth From the Children of 9/11, shares the story of her husband Jon Lynch and other 9/11 Surviving Children. Their stories are a few of the 3,000 stories (not including the 2,000 adult-age people who lost a parent that day and the countless others who have gone on to lose a parent due to 9/11 illnesses) that need to be told. Lynch interviews surviving children along with mental health experts to gain perspective on resilience. Payton shares the challenges she faces as she and her husband battle infertility and loss. She examines the intersection of trauma and triumph that resulted from the events of 9/11, and how others can move past their own grief. Importantly this book inspires us to rise from the ashes of our own trauma.


The Tale of Two Fishes

The Tale of Two Fishes

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  • Author: Juliette Ttofa
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1351389475
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 20

The Tale of Two Fishes is a therapeutic story about developing resilient thinking. A little girl feeds blue fishes with up-turned mouths and red fishes with down-turned mouths. The more she feeds the red fish, the bigger and more angry they become. The girl realises that if she feeds the blue fish and ignores the red, the blue fish will thrive. The story teaches children about the importance of balanced thinking and not dwelling too much on negative thoughts. This beautifully illustrated storybook will appeal to all children, and can be used by practitioners, educators and parents as a tool to discuss the importance of resilient thinking and the control we have over our own thoughts and behaviour. This story can be purchased alongside six other storybooks as part of a set (ISBN: 9781138556478), as well as in a set alongside the guidebook Nurturing Emotional Resilience in Vulnerable Children and Young People and six other storybooks (9781138556454). The guidebook outlines ways to use these beautifully told and visually appealing stories to nurture emotional resilience with children and will be invaluable tools for anyone working to build emotional resilience with children and young people.


Handbook of Adult Resilience

Handbook of Adult Resilience

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  • Author: John W. Reich
  • Publisher: Guilford Press
  • ISBN: 146250647X
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 562

What enables people to bounce back from stressful experiences? How do certain individuals maintain a sense of purpose and direction over the long term, even in the face of adversity? This is the first book to move beyond childhood and adolescence to explore resilience across the lifespan. Coverage ranges from genetic and physiological factors through personal, family, organizational, and community processes. Contributors examine how resilience contributes to health and well-being across the adult life cycle; why—and what happens when—resilience processes fail; ethnic and cultural dimensions of resilience; and ways to enhance adult resilience, including reviews of exemplary programs.


Resilience Stories

Resilience Stories

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  • Author: Hamideh Mahdiani
  • Publisher: transcript Verlag
  • ISBN: 3839458366
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 233

Be resilient! Today, we hear this line in almost any context. The term resilience is among the most repeated buzzwords. But why, simply, do we need to be resilient? Hamideh Mahdiani presents answers to this question by challenging a reductionistic understanding of resilience from single disciplinary perspectives; by questioning the dominance of life sciences in defining an age-old concept; and by problematizing the neglected role of life writing in fostering resilience. In so doing, through a multidisciplinary frame of reference, the book works with various examples from life writing and life sciences, and testifies to the focal role of narrative studies in resilience research.


Resilience

Resilience

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  • Author: Jayneen Sanders
  • Publisher: Educate2Empower Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781925089561
  • Category : Courage
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 40

Meet Emmi! She is resilient, independent and courageous. She always tries her best, and even when the going gets tough, Emmi never gives in. This charming story uses verse and beautiful illustrations to model resilience, persistence, and the ability to face challenges with tenacity.