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Promoting resilience

Resilience is one of the most powerful protective factors, furthermore, it is shown that failure to contribute to resilience is tantamount to detracting from it. Hard to measure, and even harder to define, resilience can nevertheless be key to promoting positive outcomes. It involves raising aspirations and scaffolding children and young people to achieve their potential, and asks that practitioners adhere to a strengths-based approach.

The evidence from the Families, Parents & Carers theme shows that resilience provides a mediating force for children experiencing adverse family circumstances, it is also indicated within the Youth theme as an enabling factor in young people accessing activities – which in turn increase resilience, creating a virtuous circle. Within the Disability theme, promoting resilience is again shown to be extremely important – especially in relation to asylum-seeking disabled children and young people.

 

C4EO Research Reviews relevant to this area include:

Disability:

Provision that supports social outcomes is key in developing resilience in disabled children and young people.

Vulnerable (Looked After) Children:

Improving educational outcomes is linked to children’s emotional health and well-being.

Schools and communities:

Children who are used to change and have support, cope better at with transition periods of their lives.

Youth:

Confidence and self-perception is a significant barrier to uptake of activities - yet activities can boost confidence and social skills.

Families, Parent and Carers:

Resilience in children is a key factor in mediating poor outcomes.