Developing Resilience for Social Work Practice

Author: Louise Grant
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 113730250X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
The term 'resilience' refers to a person's capacity to handle difficulties, demands and pressure without experiencing negative effects. Traditionally, social work has focused on the nature and impact of resilience in children and adults who have experienced traumatic events, but it is increasingly recognised that social workers need to develop personal resilience to manage the emotional demands of the job effectively and sustainably. Developing Resilience for Social Work Practice provides social workers with a tool-box of strategies to help them enhance their resilience and protect their wellbeing. Written by experienced practitioners in the field, the book draws on key research to present a series of evidence-based interventions. These strategies are designed to help social work students and practitioners develop important qualities that underpin resilience, such as self-awareness, time management, relaxation skills and empathy as well enable them to gain support from their personal and professional networks. Grounded in both theory and practice, each chapter explores how the various resilience techniques can be applied to help social workers manage the complexities and challenges they face in everyday practice. The use of relevant and engaging case studies throughout is particularly useful in bringing the book to life for the reader.

Building Resilience in Students Impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences

Author: Victoria E. Romero
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1544319436
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 259

Book Description
Use trauma-informed strategies to give students the skills and support they need to succeed in school and life Nearly half of all children have been exposed to at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE), such as poverty, divorce, neglect, homelessness, substance abuse, domestic violence, or parent incarceration. These students often enter school with behaviors that don’t blend well with the typical school environment. How can a school community come together and work as a whole to establish a healthy social-emotional climate for students and the staff who support them? This workbook-style resource shows K-12 educators how to make a whole-school change, where strategies are integrated from curb to classroom. Readers will learn how to integrate trauma-informed strategies into daily instructional practice through expanded focus on: The different experiences and unique challenges of students impacted by ACEs in urban, suburban, and rural schools, including suicidal tendencies, cyberbullying, and drugs Behavior as a form of communication and how to explicitly teach new behaviors How to mitigate trauma and build innate resiliency through a read, reflect, and respond model Let this book be the tool that helps your teams move students away from the school-to-prison pipeline and toward a life rich with educational and career choices. "I cannot think of a book more needed than this one. It gives us the tools to support our students who have the most need while practicing the self-care necessary to continue to serve them." —Lydia Adegbola, Chair of English Department New Rochelle High School, NY "This book highlights the impact of trauma on children and the adults who work with them, while providing relevant and practical strategies to understand and address it through reflective practices." —Marine Avagyan, Director, Curriculum and Instruction Saugus Union School District, Sunland, CA

Developing Resilience

Author: Michael Neenan
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351745336
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 201

Book Description
Some individuals emerge from grim experiences stronger in mind and spirit than others who suffered the same ordeal. In this updated and revised edition, Michael Neenan focuses on the meanings we attach to life’s adversities in order to understand how we respond to them. This is why different people can react to the same adverse event in a variety of ways such as fighting back or crumbling. Different meanings of what constitutes resilience are also discussed and the author takes issue with the simplistic view of it as bouncing back from adversity which suggests the absence of struggle and emotional pain as well as underestimating how long the process of self-righting can sometimes take. Developing Resilience shows how people can find constructive ways of dealing with hard times by using the ideas and techniques of cognitive behavioural therapy as well as drawing on the viewpoints and experiences of other writers presented here. This book provides useful guidance and advice on topics including: • managing negative emotions in difficult times • using an assets and liabilities model to understand resilient behaviour • distinguishing between what’s within and outside of your control • identifying and changing attitudes that undermine resilience building • developing self-belief • increasing your level of frustration tolerance • maintaining a resilient outlook. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in learning more about resilience as well as for mental health professionals, coaches and therapists looking for guidance in helping their clients to cope better with adversity.

Stronger

Author: George Everly Jr.
Publisher: AMACOM
ISBN: 0814436056
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
Drawing on the unique perspective of a standout team of authors, this book explores the science behind resilience and explains how you can develop this vital trait for yourself. Resilient people have learned to bounce back from setbacks and do not hesitate to meet adversity head-on. While others breathe huge sighs of relief when they get to avoid a pressure-filled moment, those strong in resilience live for moments like that and always rise to the occasion. Don’t think you have what it takes to excel in those moments? Do you believe that some naturally exude that type of inner strength, and some--such as yourself--just weren’t built that way? Recent studies have shown that the resilience we see so often in first responders, military, and others is something that anyone can build within themselves. Stronger shares the five factors that combine to unlock deep reserves of personal power: Active optimism--believe that you can change things for the better Decisive action--you can't succeed if you don't take the leap Moral compass--face any challenge with clear guiding principles Relentless tenacity--try, try again Interpersonal support--gain strength from those around you Today’s demanding world calls for a special kind of strength. That strength is within you already!

Building Resilience at Work

Author: Kathryn McEwen
Publisher: Australian Academic Press
ISBN: 1921513837
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 149

Book Description
Our resilience, or capacity to bounce back and even thrive in pressured times, is critical in workplaces today. With higher workloads, declining resources and frequent change, together with the hectic pace of personal lives, resilience is almost a key to survival. While strategies to build resilience have long been of interest in the arenas of parenting, education and disaster recovery, less focus has been placed on how these ideas can be translated into building resilient workplaces. Resilient people are more optimistic, adaptable and independent. They are also better at solving problems and have sound levels of self-control. Resilient teams have similar characteristics, and find it easier to rebound from setbacks and adapt to change and pressure. All of these characteristics can be developed. Based on sound psychological theory, Building Resilience at Work is a practical and easy-to-read book providing a proven path to self-help in developing personal resilience.

Building Resilience in Children and Teens

Author: Kenneth R. Ginsburg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781581108668
Category : Adolescent psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book offers coping strategies for facing the combined elements of academic performance, high achievement standards, media messages, peer pressure, and family tension.

Thriving In Thin Air

Author: Leo F Flanagan, Jr
Publisher: Center for Resilience, LLC
ISBN: 9781736759103
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
It's not recycled obsolete stress management and coping from the second half of the last century. It provides a comprehensive approach to becoming resilient. Right now 37% of the U.S. population, or just under 117M people, are suffering from anxiety or depression disorders-up from 8% only a year ago. Increasingly the media is reporting this mental health crisis as a result of the COViD pandemic and all the other crises it has unleashed or brought into sharp focus. Yes, it is a result. But that misses the point. Anxiety is not just a result of the crises it is an accelerant. Anxiety causes us to be highjacked by our emotions and impairs our ability to perceive our surroundings and to think and act effectively. Anxiety ignites fights between store employees and consumers who refuse to wear masks; it fans the flames of our political unrest and divisiveness. Anxiety is more contagious than COVid19. Social distancing and masks won't contain it. Anxiety spreads enough across cell phone microwaves and digital platforms like Zoom. Thriving in Thin Air applies the latest neuroscience, particularly brain plasticity, to enable readers to rewire their brains so that they can thrive even in difficult and challenging times. Thriving in Thin Air is the only book that focuses specifically on how to reduce anxiety and increase emotional health in challenging times.

Developing Resilience

Author: Michael Neenan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135218358
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
Some individuals emerge from grim experiences stronger in mind and spirit than others who suffered the same fate. In this book, Michael Neenan suggests that it is the meanings that we attach to events, and not the events themselves, that determine our reactions to them; this is why different people can react to the same event in a variety of ways. Developing Resilience shows how people can find constructive ways of dealing with their difficulties by using the techniques of cognitive behaviour therapy as well as listening to the wisdom of those who have prevailed over adversity. This book provides useful guidance and advice on topics including: managing negative emotions distinguishing between what is within and outside of your control learning from past experiences developing self-belief increasing your level of frustration tolerance maintaining a resilient outlook. This book will be essential for anyone trying to find constructive ways forward in difficult times, as well as counsellors, coaches and therapists looking for guidance in helping their clients.

Building Resilience

Author: Leslie Duggan
Publisher: Developing Potential Limited
ISBN: 9780993100604
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
A practical guide for teachers and parents to help young people build resilience and lead happy and successful Lives. The book is full of explanations, stories and exercises, so you can use it in the classroom to engage your students in taking responsibility for their own personal development and performance. Seven easy to follow steps that will give every young person the best chance of making the most of their unique talents and fulfilling their true potential. Everything you will discover in this book about building resilience in your students will enable you to support their growth as they begin to understand that having resilience is one of the keys to achieving their goals and the results they want. The content is based on 20 years of experience working with and supporting successful leaders in business, education and sport, and other elite performers, such as Olympians. It has the endorsement of Baroness Sue Campbell and Sir Tim Brighouse, as well as positive early reviews from the many school leaders we shared it with prior to publication. "This book provides a very useful and accessible practical guide for teachers and parents to help them create a positive environment to support young people to build resilience and achieve success." Baroness Sue Campbell CBE "There's nothing more important to a young person's learning than 'resilience'. Without it they will never be the people they could become. Teachers are always trying to find ways to help students build it. Here is an invaluable map and set of strategies that will help teachers, parents and youngsters themselves to do just that. I wish I had had it at my side both as a parent and a teacher." Sir Tim Brighouse

Resilience Building: Strategies for Developing Resilience in the Face of Adversity

Author: Namaskar Book
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 12

Book Description
Resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity and keep moving forward. This book provides strategies for developing mental strength and emotional resilience, enabling you to handle life's challenges with grace and confidence. Learn how to overcome setbacks, build inner strength, and thrive in the face of obstacles.