Resilience

There are also ways race can facilitate learning. One of the ways that I believe that it can work would be the idea of resilience. This was also featured in learning module 6. In the academic journal called Resilience in African American Children and Adolescents, there is a section on how the idea of resilience can help the youth. How resilience is defined in this journal is, it is a total combination of strength, resources, and risk factors within context, across space and time (Module 6, p. 4)…

Resilience can be defined in several ways. My personal definition of resilience is that it’s an individual’s ability to overcome life events in a positive way. I have had to demonstrate resilience many times in my life. One example of my resilience was during a time where my life was changing drastically. As a recent college graduate, I was moving forward with life beyond the college campus and embarking on a new journey to graduate school. However, an unexpected event threatened to change that…

Various resilience research conducted with children at-risk found that children exhibiting positive development in their psycho social domain and maintain wellbeing even with the despite of their adverse condition (Garmezy, 1983) (Boyden & Mann, 2005) In fact resilience is the ability to challenge the adversity and making up the courage to face difficulties in life, children who exhibit…

enhance resilience in people (Peters, Leadbeater & McMahon, 2005). First, adversity has impacted the person, and secondly, the person adapted and functioned well during or after the adversity (Peters et al., 2005). When people are able to adapt well to life’s responsibilities, obstacles, and setbacks, they are resilient (Joseph, 1994). A resilient person uses effective coping strategies, attitudes, and personal attributes when dealing with stressful life events (Joseph, 1994). The majority of…

It does not matter how happy you are we all have our challenging moments where it seems as if the world is going to end. We must use our strengths to overcome adversity because this helps one build resilience. Some of my greatest strengths on the list from part two are flexibility, love of learning, independence and perseverance. I use flexibility at work on a daily basis since we have outsourced our travel piece of the company. I oversee situations…

How does your resilience affect your ability to think and act ethically? Resilience is probably one of the most profound overt actions that enhance or hinder critical thinking. When an individual lacks the ability to reason through the elements of critical thinking, then their bounce back ability will also lack when dealing with stressful situations. When cognitive functioning is misfiring, and one simply starts to reason in absolutes versus finding an array of alternatives, then it…

The article, “Family Resilience and Pragmatic Parent Education,” by Schwartz (2002) discussions the impact of pragmatic parent education programs and how it is connected to resilience in the family. Therefore, Schwartz argues throughout the article that these programs for building and maintaining family resilience is critical, especially for families who have children within the foster care system. Within this discussion, the comparison between pragmatic and generic present day education program…

sense of one's identity, self-worth and ability to cope; and 4. A sense of purpose and hope for the future e.g. having personal goals and values and a sense of faith and connectedness with others. The point here is that resilience is not just some genetic trait that only a few super kids have. Rather it is hopefully her underbuilt capacity for getting back up and learning, and it is developed with experience. Nursing Diagnosis: Disturbed Body image:…

have caused the decay of moral values, one of which is resilience. People assert that: “Young people in this generation are not as resilient as those in the previous generation” and I totally concur to that statement. Resilience is one of the most important value in life. I define resilience as the ability for one to stand up and bound back after falling and the ability to keep moving forward regardless of obstacles or challenges. Resilience can be considered the…

Vocabulary of Resilience and the Governance of University Student Life”. Studies in Social Justice, 6(1), 67-83. Throughout this article Katie Aubrecht (2012) examines the construction of the term resilience within student life at the University of Toronto. The term resilience itself has been constructed into a societal norm within the university; Aubrecht (2012) identifies this in three main categories; framing, learning, and restoration (Aubrecht 2012). At the University of Toronto,…