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A Short Introduction to Promoting Resilience in Children (Jkp Short Introductions) by Colby Pearce
A child's capacity to cope with adversity and 'stand on their own two feet' is seen as critical to their development, well-being, and future independence and success in adulthood. Psychological strength, or resilience, directly affects a child's capacity to cope with adversity.This book provides a succinct, accessible and clear guide on how to promote resilience in children and achieve positive developmental outcomes for them. The author covers three key factors that affect vulnerability to stress and anxiety, attachment relationships, and access to basic needs. For each, the author presents practical advice and strategies, such as how to regulate children's stress and anxiety, how to encourage and maintain secure attachments, and how to assure children that their needs are understood and will be met. The model presented will help parents and carers ensure their children grow up happy, healthy and resilient.This book will be invaluable for parents, carers and practitioners in supportive roles caring for children.
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First published January 3, 2011
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October 21, 2021
For someone new to child psychology concepts, it's a great primer on secure/insecure attachment, arousal theory of motivation, positive and negative cycles of interaction, addressing needs with empathy instead of punishment etc. Written with clarity, with a recap at the end of each chapter, it's also short and easy to get through. Typical of popular writings from psychologists, there are the normal tired references to various experiments torturing rats and monkey and the conclusions people have drawn about humans from these.
There's a couple of things I'd have to see in practice to be fully convinced about (like piping in classical music all night to chill kids out). His claim about children becoming anxious when adults don't assert parental authority seemed questionable— definitely something I'll be following up in future reading.
There's a couple of things I'd have to see in practice to be fully convinced about (like piping in classical music all night to chill kids out). His claim about children becoming anxious when adults don't assert parental authority seemed questionable— definitely something I'll be following up in future reading.
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