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Promoting resilience : supporting children and young people who are in care, adopted or in need / Robbie Gilligan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : British Association for Adoption & Fostering, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: viii, 123 pages : illustrations ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1905664133
  • 9781905664139
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.7 22
  • 362.747 23
LOC classification:
  • BF723.R46 G55 2009
Contents:
Foreword / David Howe -- 1. Life in care -- 2. The concept of resilience -- 3. Key social ingredients of resilience -- 4. Helping young people in care to "stay connected" to key people -- 5. Getting the most out of school opportunities and experiences -- 6. Promoting positive involvement in leisure activities -- 7. The role of adults - carers, mentors, social workers, agencies -- 8. The young person linking into the wider world -- 9. Conclusion.
Summary: Robbie Gilligan draws on a range of sources to explain the concept of resilience - often vaguely understood - and how to apply and develop it through social relationships at home, school and in leisure activities.
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Foreword / David Howe -- 1. Life in care -- 2. The concept of resilience -- 3. Key social ingredients of resilience -- 4. Helping young people in care to "stay connected" to key people -- 5. Getting the most out of school opportunities and experiences -- 6. Promoting positive involvement in leisure activities -- 7. The role of adults - carers, mentors, social workers, agencies -- 8. The young person linking into the wider world -- 9. Conclusion.

Robbie Gilligan draws on a range of sources to explain the concept of resilience - often vaguely understood - and how to apply and develop it through social relationships at home, school and in leisure activities.

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