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Resilience Education
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Resilience Education

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School Counselling
November 2000 | 128 pages | Corwin
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`Everyone in practice, from superintendents to teachers, will enjoy this book' - Patrick Akos, Counsellor and Educator, University of Virginia

In this book, the authors offer a set of principles and practical applications to help educators make a difference in their students' lives.

Among the issues covered: Key decision-making skills students need in facing adversity; learning and teaching strategies to acquire good decision-making skills; vignettes and real-life examples of resilience in action; specific guidance for creating conditions for resilience in the classroom.

 
Preface
Acknowledgments

 
 
About the Authors
 
Part I: Supporting Evidence For Resilience
 
1. The Limitations of a Risk Orientation
 
2. Understanding the Human Capacity for Healthy Adaptation
 
3. Applying a Resilience Approach to Education
 
Part II: The PORT-able Approach to Resilience Education
 
4. Educating Through Participation, Observation, Reflection, and Transformation
 
5. Participation: Authentic, Active Engagement
 
6. Observation: Noting Your Experience
 
7. Reflection: Interpreting Your Experience
 
8. Transformation: Being Aware of and Responsible for Change
 
9. Bringing It All Together
 
References
 
Index

"This book stands alone in that it is the first to present a model of educational practice that is both loyal to the resilience (and risk) research and to the realities of education in today’s hectic and multicultural class environment."  

Dennis Saleebey
Professor, School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

 "Everyone in practice, from superintendents to teachers, will enjoy this book. Offers a strong foundation and a neat model to assist educators in implementing resilience education. Everyone from superintendents to teachers will enjoy this book!"

Patrick Akos
Counselor and Educator, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

"Resilience Education gives practical strategies for working with children and illustrates them with examples. It readily lends itself to the education of both teachers and parents. This book should be on every reading list." 

Rodney Skager
Professor, Emeritus, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

"Bravo to the authors! A refreshing look at asset building that can lead to the learner utilizing more of her/his own personal resources in the learning process." 

Lynn Jones
Professor, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

"Completely accessible to all readers. All students would benefit from the objectives of Resilience Education." 

Cheryl Armon
Regional Director, Education Programs, Antioch University, Los Angeles, CA

"Highly recommended for educators and social services professionals who work with youth." 

Randy Kroeker
Associate Professor, Counseling Services, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

"This is a helpful book whose prescriptions can bring a transformation in the way you think, feel, and act in the educational environment. It can strengthen your belief in the power and promise of students themselves." 

Dennis Saleebey
Professor, School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas, KS

 "Highly recommended for educators and social services professionals who work with youth."

Randy Kroeker, Associate Professor, Counseling Services
University of Winnipeg

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ISBN: 9780761976264
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