Resilience & Youth Development
- overview of resilience theory
- related publications
- why does resilience matter?
- what does the resilience & youth development module (RYDM) measure?
Related Publications
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"Bonnie Benard's masterful synthesis of research on resilience is a landmark document, a new framework that will revolutionize the way America thinks about working with and relating to children and youth. Resiliency: What We Have Learned presents a desperately needed positive perspective on youth development and learning. Finally, schools, families, and youth-serving organizations have a proven way to develop competent, confident, and caring young citizens — well prepared to contribute and do well in today's challenging world." - Jeanne Gibbs, Developer, Tribes Learning Communities "Bonnie Benard has done it again. Educators who dream of bringing out the best in all children can take heart. Benard illuminates burgeoning evidence that every individual is hard-wired for self-righting. The professional challenge of the next decade will be to dare to see this innate capacity as the human birthright of every child. It's a reading must." - Kathy Marshall, Executive Director, National Resilience Resource Center, University of Minnesota |
- Quick Read Summary of 04-05 CA RYDM Data (PDF)
- This table displays the results of the Resilience & Youth Development Module for all districts in California that took the HKS in the 2004-2005 school year (grades 5, 7, 9, 11, and non-traditional). Also available: 2003-2004 (PDF).
- Resilience & Youth Development PowerPoint (PDF)
- Learn more about the HKS Resilience and Youth Development Module (RYDM) with this PowerPoint presentation. Forty-three slides will take you through the theoretical framework behind the RYDM, the meaning of the RYDM scores, and the relationships between risk, resilience, and achievement.
- RYDM Handbook (PDF)
- This report includes the aggregated California resilience data from Fall 1999 through Spring 2002. It is intended to serve as a tool for education and community agencies and researchers for understanding the RYDM data, and should be used in conjunction with your local RYDM report to help interpret your survey results. It also provides local prevention planners, school administrators, teachers, and School Improvement Teams with information and suggestions critical to planning prevention and education interventions.
- Youth Development Strategies, Concepts, and Research (PDF)
- This supplement to the Healthy Kids Survey (HKS) RYDM report expands on the strategies, concepts, and research identified in the report, and provides specific resources and references for each. It is designed to assist practitioners in broadening their knowledge-base on resilience/youth development research and strategies. It provides a quick resource to the many approaches to providing youth with supports and opportunities at school and in the community. It serves as a guide for determining what course of action should be taken to meet the needs identified through the HKS.