The School Years: Assessing and Promoting Resilience in Vulnerable Children 2 (Assessing and Promoting Resilience in Vulnerable Children)

Helping practitioners in their work with vulnerable children of a school-going age, this workbook explores ways of nurturing resilience in different aspects of everyday life. Focusing on specific areas such as home life, talents and interests, friendships and social competencies, the authors show how to make thorough assessments and intervene in constructive ways.They discuss nurturing factors relevant to children across the school years age range, such as moral reasoning and empathy, awareness of other people's intentions and the ability to see situations from different perspectives. The authors describe techniques for drawing out such positive behaviour in discussion and observation, through stories, questions and activities. With a strong emphasis on application and encouragement, this workbook is ideal for the busy social or family worker who wants practical guidance on evaluation, intervention and ongoing support.This workbook stands alone but also forms part of a set along with two other resilience resources on The Early Years and Adolescence. contents......Page 7 Acknowledgements......Page 9 1. Introduction to resilience......Page 11 Domains of Resilience......Page 16 Summary of Factors Associated with Resilience during School Years......Page 17 2. When and How to Use the Workbook......Page 19 Part 1 Assessment......Page 27 3 Secure Base......Page 29 Secure Base Checklist: Child......Page 32 Secure Base Checklist: Parent/ Carer......Page 35 Quality of Attachment......Page 37 4. Education......Page 38 Education Checklist: Child......Page 41 Education Checklist: Parent/ Carer......Page 43 5. Friendships......Page 45 Friendships Checklist: Child......Page 49 My Friends and Me as a Friend......Page 51 Friendship Checklist: Parent/ Carer......Page 53 6.Talents and Interests......Page 55 Talents and Interests Checklist: Child......Page 58 What Can I Do and What Would I Like To Do?......Page 60 Self- Esteem......Page 61 Talents and Interests Checklists: Parent/ Carer......Page 63 7. Positive Values......Page 65 Positive Values Checklist: Child......Page 69 Moral Dilemma......Page 72 Emotional Faces......Page 73 Emotional Scenes......Page 77 An Index of Empathy for Children and Adolescents......Page 82 Positive Values Checklist: Parent/ Carer......Page 86 8.Social Competencies......Page 88 Social Competencies Checklist: Child......Page 92 Social Attributes Checklist......Page 95 Internal/ External Focus of Control Scale......Page 97 Social Competencies Checklist: Parent/ Carer......Page 99 Part 2 Intervention......Page 101 9. Intervention Strategies......Page 103 Practice Suggestions: Secure Base......Page 105 Practice Suggestions: Education......Page 116 Practice Suggestions: Friendships......Page 121 Practice Suggestions: Talents and Interests......Page 125 Practice Suggestions: Positive Values......Page 130 Practice Suggestions: Social Competencies......Page 135 Paula, aged 7......Page 143 Steven, aged 6......Page 145 Appendix: Moral Reasoning Stage......Page 148 Bibliography......Page 151 Subject Index......Page 156 Author Index......Page 161 Helping practitioners in their work with vulnerable children of a school-going age, this workbook explores ways of nurturing resilience in different aspects of everyday life. Focusing on specific areas such as home life, talents and interests, friendships and social competencies, the authors show how to make thorough assessments and intervene in constructive ways.

They discuss nurturing factors relevant to children across the school years age range, such as moral reasoning and empathy, awareness of other people's intentions and the ability to see situations from different perspectives. They suggest techniques for drawing out such positive behavior in discussion and observation, through stories, questions and activities. With a strong emphasis on application and encouragement, this workbook is ideal for the busy social or family worker who wants practical guidance on evaluation, intervention and ongoing support.

This workbook stands alone but also forms part of a set (IS There is a clear association between the presence of a secure attachment relationship and resilience in the face of adversity (Werner 1990). 1. The early years 2. The school years 3. Adolescence.