Resiliency: What We Have Learned

By Bonnie Benard

Book Overview

A few years ago, resiliency theory was relatively new to the fields of prevention and education. Today, it is at the heart of hundreds of school and community programs that recognize in all young... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0914409182
• ISBN13: 9780914409182
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: WestEd
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Edcoach

Resiliency connects the research to ideas that feel like gut instinct to many educators. The book offers useful ideas for developing resiliency in young people--and in ourselves--to achieve success.

Researchers: read this book first

I'm a doctoral student studying resilience education. I have read hundreds of books and articles related to resilience. I wish I had known to read this book first because it carefully presents the evolution over time of the three stages of resilience work. Knowing these stages has helped me sort out what seemed to be contradictions in this field. The new attitude of positive psychology is truly a new mindset and makes resilience education a mainstream topic that is appropriate at any school. Overall, this book has carefully organized material and is well written. For a more practical how-to book, also get "Resiliency in action: Practical Ideas for Overcoming Risks and Building Strengths in Youth, Families and Communities, 2nd ed." (Henderson, 2007) which Benard co-authored.

A complete overview of resiliency theory for educators

This book is the best explanation of "resiliency" that I've ever encountered. It's easy to read, without a lot of jargon, and it provides all the information one would need on the topic. The author has done a great job pulling together all the research. Anyone who works in teaching, education, social work, child development, or counseling should have this on their book shelf. In short, this book is a treasure!