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Resiliency Information
This section provides a brief overview of the resiliency research, a description of the Seven Keys to Resiliency® and links to additional resiliency websites.
Resiliency Links
The International Resilience Project
The Bernard van Leer Foundation is a private institution based in The Netherlands that concentrates its resources on developing support for early childhood development.
http://www.bernardvanleer.org/page.asp?pid=2
 
The Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI)
Information and research from the University of Minnesota – College of Education & Human Development.
http://education.umn.edu/carei/
 
Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network (CYFERNet)
CYFERnet's Web site brings together the best, children, youth and family resources of all the public land-grant universities in the country. Materials are carefully reviewed by college and university faculty.
http://www.cyfernet.org/
 
National Network for Family Resiliency
Many of the functions and resources maintained by the former National Network for Family Resiliency have been incorporated within the new Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network (CYFERNet).
http://www.nnfr.org/
 
Project Resilience
Steven J. Wolin, M.D. is clinical professor of psychiatry at the George Washington University Medical School in Washington DC, director of family therapy training, and a long time investigator at the Center Family Research.
http://projectresilience.com
 
Children's and Youth's Health (from the Institute for Health & Disability)
NCYD was established in 1985 as an information and resource center focusing on the needs of adolescents with chronic illnesses and disabilities and the issues that surround their transition to adult life.
http://www.peds.umn.edu/Centers/ihd/CHIPage1.html
 
The Institute of Child Development
The department of Child Psychology (CPsy) at the University of Minnesota, has long been a premier center of scholarship, teaching, and outreach devoted to the understanding and fostering of child development. Its activities focus primarily on the central cognitive, emotional, and psychological processes that underlie the development of infants, children, and youth.
http://www.education.umn.edu/icd/default.html
 
Carnegie Corporation of New York – Preparing Adolescents for a New Century
Carnegie Corporation of New York is a philanthropic foundation created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. In June 1986, it established the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development to place the challenges of the adolescent years higher on the nation's agenda.
http://carnegie.org/subs/reports/great_transitions/gr_exec.html
 
National Association of Elementary School Principals
Fostering Resilience: What Do We Know? This article was published by the NAESP and provides a review of research of resiliency prevention programs in schools, homes and communities.
http://www.naesp.org/comm/p1197a.htm
 
National Crime Prevention Council
The National Crime Prevention Strategy aims to reduce crime and victimization by tackling crime before it happens. The National Strategy is based on the principle that the surest way to reduce crime is to focus on the factors that put individuals at risk: factors like family violence, school problems, and drug abuse.
http://www.prevention.gc.ca/en/index.html
 
Strengthening America’s Families
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) in collaboration with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is pleased to provide the results of the 1999 search for "best practice" family strengthening programs.
http://www.strengtheningfamilies.org/
 
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is the sole Federal organization with responsibility for improving accessibility and quality of substance abuse prevention services. The Center provides national leadership in the development of policies, programs and services to prevent the onset of illegal drug use, underage alcohol and tobacco use, and to reduce the negative consequences of using substances.
http://prevention.samhsa.gov/About/
 
National Longitudinal Study of Children and Youth (NLSCY)
The NLSCY is a comprehensive, longitudinal survey designed to measure and track the development and well-being of Canada’s children and youth over time. The second longitudinal survey in this area is the Youth in Transition survey with a special focus on the school-to-work transition of young adults.
http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/sp-ps/arb-dgra/nlscy-elnej/research-e.shtml
 
Families and Schools Together (FAST)
The FAST program was developed to address many of the problems faced by elementary schools with significant numbers of students with low achievement. The program was designed around emerging research indicating that partnerships between schools, communities and parents could prevent the school-related performance and behavioral problems of poor children.
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/fast/
 
Search Institute
Research on and resources for developmental assets and qualities that build resiliency. Also offers links and listserv.
http://www.search-institute.org
 
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A nurturing school climate has the power to overcome incredible risk factors in the lives of children. What is far less acknowledged is that creating this climate for students necessitates creating this environment for all school personnel.
Bonnie Bernard
 
 
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