Resilience

About resilience
What makes children resilient?
Characteristics of resilience
Ways to promote resilience
The value of recreational programs
References
Resources

Ways to promote resilience

Even toddlers can learn how to be positive, committed and hopeful when these concepts are voiced and modelled by their parents and other caregivers.  Teaching the parents these skills probably helps them, too.

Reaching teenagers who are at risk for delinquency, dropping out of school, or developing depression is extremely important.  One way to do this is through recreation programs that build new skills, or change attitudes and behaviours, rather than just “get kids off the streets”. 

In outcome-based programs, the child and teen participants are tested before and after the program and must demonstrate that they have acquired new skills and more positive attitudes.  The best programs are long term, and involve staff members who act as supervisors, with the participants being given learning requirements that they must show they have mastered. 

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