Product Information:
Format: PDF
Audience: Teachers, Teacher Educators, Policymakers, Community Service Providers, Administrators
Pages: 27
Publisher: Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development & the Western Regional Center for Drug-Free Schools and Communities
Copyright: 1991
Order #: WC-91-01

Fostering Resiliency in Kids

Protective Factors in the Family, School, and Community

By: Bonnie Benard

Every teacher knows the special student who overcomes the hazards of a risk-filled environment - poverty, violence, drugs - to become a healthy, competent young adult. This research synthesis discusses how such resiliency can be fostered in school by looking beyond the deficits of a child's life to capitalize on strengths.

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