School Violence Prevention - Resilience

This paper has been put together by Nancy L. Davis on Resilience.

Table of Contents
Part I: Status of Research
People at Promise
Defining Resilience
Risk and Protective Factors, Processes, and/or Mechanisms
The Issue of Risk
The Issue of Protection
Correlations or Causes?

Characteristics of Resilient Individuals
Physical Competence
Social and Relational Competence
Cognitive Competence
Emotional Competence
Moral Competence
Spiritual Competence

Protective Processes within Families
Protective Processes within Schools
Interaction of Family and School Protective Processes
Protective Processes within Communities

Part II: Status of Research-Based Programs
Research-Based Programs That Foster Resilience
A General Approach Applied in Different Settings

Health Realization/Psychology of Mind
Programs that Target Families
Family Skills Training
Strengthening Families program
Focus on Families
Families and Schools Together
Family Effectiveness Training
Behavioral Family Therapy
Structural Family Therapy
Functional Family Therapy
Parenting Adolescents Wisely

Early Childhood Programs

Zero to 3 Years Old
Kempe Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health
The Infant Health and Development Program
Dare to Be You

Preschool: Ages 4 and 5
Perry Preschool Project

Programs Beginning when Children are in Kindergarten or Elementary School
Be A Star

Programs Beginning when Children are in Middle and/or High School
Learn and Service America
Say It Straight
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America
Adventure Education and Outward Bound

Part III: Recommendations for Future Research

Part IV: References