Resiliency: What We Have Learned

This interactive presentation with Bonnie Benard, Senior Program Associate at WestEd, will provide a synthesis of a decade and more of resiliency research. This event presented what the research has found along with descriptions of what application of the research looks like in our most successful efforts to support young people.

Presenters

Bonnie Benard (Primary)

Senior Program Associate
WestEd

Description

Ten years ago, resiliency theory was relatively new to the fields of prevention and education. Today, it is at the heart of hundreds of school and community programs that recognize in all young people the capacity to lead healthy, successful lives. Of special interest is the evidence that resiliency prevails in most cases by far— even in extreme situations, such as those caused by poverty, troubled families, and violent neighborhoods. The key, Benard reports is the role that families, schools, and communities play in supporting, and not undermining, this biological drive for normal human development.

In this online event, Benard will show that an understanding of this developmental wisdom and the supporting research must be integrated into adults' vision for the youth they work with and communicated to young people themselves. Benard's analysis of how best to incorporate research findings to support young people is both realistic and inspirational.

(Due to technical difficulties, the archive did not record the very beginning of this presentation, but this was before Bonnie had begun to discuss significant content. We apologize for any inconvenience.)

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