Handbook for Working with Children and Youth : Pathways to Resilience Across Cultures and Contexts

by Michael Ungar

• ISBN13: 9781412904056
• ISBN10: 1412904056
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-05-11
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

"To study resilience one should adopt a fundamental humility about oneself and one's culture and society and simultaneously a respect for the human strength of others. The chapters in this book take these three cautions seriously, and offer a convincing demonstration that resilience is indeed a many-splendored thing." --James Garbarino, Cornell University The Handbook For Working With Children and Youth: Pathways To Resilience Across Cultures and Contexts examines lives lived well despite adversity. Calling upon some of the most progressive thinkers in the field, it presents a groundbreaking collection of original writing on the theories, methods of study, and interventions that promote resilience. Unlike other works that have left largely unquestioned their own culture-bound interpretations of the ways children and youth survive and thrive, this volume explores the multiple paths children follow to health and well-being in diverse national and international settings. It demonstrates the connection between social and political health resources and addresses the more immediate concerns of how those who care for children create the physical, emotional, and spiritual environments in which resilience is nurtured. Key Features Cross-cultural. Illustrates the rich variety of culturally embedded pathways by which children navigate toward health and well-being Multidisciplinary. Draws upon international experts utilizing both quantitative and qualitative studies from psychology, social work, psychiatry, nursing, education, criminology, child and youth care, community health, and family therapy Comprehensive. Provides broad developmental perspectives on resilience, from theory and research methods to interventions with individuals, families, and communities Connects theory to practice. Clarifies the construct of resilience from the viewpoint of resilience researchers and practitioners in health-related disciplines from different methodological paradigms within the social sciences and human services Academics, graduate students, and professionals studying or working in human service fields such as human development and family studies, education, social work, child and youth care work, developmental psychology/applied developmental science, child psychiatry, nursing, and family therapy will benefit from this Handbook . In essence, anyone who works with youth or is interested in the developmental issues related to children and youth in clinical, residential, or community settings will find Ungar's Handbook to be of great value.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Foreword	xi
James Garbarino
Introduction: Resilience Across Cultures and Contexts	xv
Michael Ungar
PART 1: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES	1	(132)
Children's Risk, Resilience, and Coping in Extreme Situations	3	(24)
Jo Boyden
Gillian Mann
Culture and Ethnic Identity in Family Resilience: Dynamic Processes in Trauma and Transformation of Indigenous People	27	(18)
Laurie D. McCubbin
Hamilton I. McCubbin
Lessons Learned From Poor African American Youth: Resilient Strengths in Coping With Adverse Environments	45	(12)
Joyce West Stevens
Gendered Adaptations, Resilience, and the Perpetration of Violence	57	(14)
Jane F. Gilgun
Laura S. Abrams
The Theory of Resilience and Its application to Street Children in the Minority and Majority World	71	(18)
Jacqueline McAdam-Crisp
Lewis Aptekar
Wanjiku Kironyo
Beyond Resilience: Blending Wellness and Liberation in the Helping Professions	89	(16)
Isaac Prilleltensky
Ora Prilleltensky
Community-Based Child Welfare for Aboriginal Children: Supporting Resilience Through Structural Change	105	(16)
Cindy Blackstock
Nico Trocme
Beetles, Bullfrogs, and Butterflies: Contributions of Natural Environment to Childhood Development and Resilience	121	(12)
Fred H. Besthorn
PART 2: METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN RESILIENCE RESEARCH	133	(94)
Methodological Challenges in the Study of Resilience	135	(14)
William H. Barton
Qualitative Resilience Research: Contributions and Risks	149	(16)
Michael Ungar
Eli Teram
Psychosocial Health in Youth: An International Perspective	165	(24)
John C. LeBlanc
Pam J. Talbot
Wendy M. Craig
Resilience and Well-Being in Developing Countries	189	(22)
Laura Camfield
Allister McGregor
The International Resilience Project: A Mixed-Methods Approach to the Study of Resilience Across Cultures	211	(16)
Michael Ungar
Linda Liebenberg
PART 3: INTERVENING ACROSS CULTURES AND CONTEXTS	227	(246)
Israeli Youth Cope With Terror: Vulnerability and Resilience	229	(18)
Zahava Solomon
Avital Laufer
Overcoming Adversity With Children Affected by HIV/AIDS in the Indigenous South African Cultural Context	247	(16)
Philip Cook
Lesley du Toit
Bent But Not Broken: Exploring Queer Youth Resilience	263	(16)
Marion Brown
Marc Colbourne
Psychosocial Functioning of Children From Monogamous and Polygamous Families: Implications for Practice	279	(16)
Alean Al-Krenawi
Vered Slonim-Nevo
Strengthening Families and Communities: System Building for Resilience	295	(18)
Barbara J. Friesen
Eileen Brennan
Professional Discourse of Social Workers Working With At-Risk Young People in Hong Kong: Risk or Resilience?	313	(16)
Kwai-Yau Wong
Tak-yan Lee
Resilient Youth in North East India: The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Communities Affected by Violence	329	(14)
Jerry Thomas
George Menamparampil
Alternative Approaches to Promoting the Health and Well-Being of Children: Accessing Community Resources to Support Resilience	343	(14)
Ken Barter
Respecting Aboriginal Families: Pathways to Resilience in Custom Adoption and Family Group Conferencing	357	(14)
Nancy MacDonald
Joan Glode
Fred Wien
Social and Cultural Roots of Russian Youth Resilience: Interventions by the State, Society, and the Family	371	(16)
Alexander V. Makhnach
Anna I. Laktionova
Intercepts of Resilience and Systems of Care	387	(18)
Mary I. Armstrong
Beth A. Stroul
Roger A. Boothroyd
Youth Civic Engagement: Promise and Peril	405	(12)
Scot D. Evans
Isaac Prilleltensky
Resilience in the Palestinian Occupied Territories	417	(16)
Toine van Teeffelen
Hania Bitar
Saleem Al-Habash
Resiliency and Young African Canadian Males	433	(22)
Wanda Bernard
David Este
Violence Prevention Programming in Colombia: Challenges in Project Design and Fidelity	455	(18)
Luis F. Duque
Joanne Klevens
Michael Ungar
Anna W. Lee
Author Index	473	(18)
Subject Index	491	(10)
About the Contributors	501