Rebounding from Adversity: Facilitating Resilience
Participants will learn strategies that promote and strengthen resiliency in children and families who experience adverse events in their lives. Multiple researched-based resiliency frameworks and models will be provided to assess risk and protective factors, along with practical ways to integrate resiliency-building techniques during interactions with children and their families.
This workshop provides strategies that promote and strengthen resiliency in children and families who experience adverse events in their lives. Multiple researched-based resiliency frameworks and models will be provided to assess risk and protective factors, along with practical ways to integrate resiliency-building techniques during interactions with children and their families.
Learning Objectives
· Define past and current research on the impact of childhood adverse events and resilient outcomes.
· Recognize traits of resiliency in children, families, schools and communities.
· Utilize an array of asset model assessment tools during case planning and collaboration meetings.
· Identify current level of functioning in relation to resiliency models and frameworks.
· Implement home and school strategies to build resiliency.
· Utilize asset-building approaches during family conferences and interactions.
