This unique volume covers both conceptual and practical challenges arising from attempts to apply the theoretical construct of resilience, along with existing empirical resilience findings, to the formulation of intervention strategies and social policies. It describes various approaches to the study of resilience and the challenges of extending empirical findings to intervention programs. The authors also discuss and list resilience-based intervention programs and the public policy implications involving the expansion of resilience concepts and practice to include neighborhoods, communities, and broader social contexts.

Although there are many trade books and some professional books published on resilience and children, this is the only text on the market focused on the research related to promoting "resilient" environments or contexts (families, relationships, communities, etc) that in turn can support resilience in individuals (through interventions or policy)

Inhalt
The Conceptual and Empirical Framework for Linking Resilience to Intervention and Policy.- Resilience Research.- Resilience in Context.- Disruptive Behaviors.- The Resilience Revolution.- Resilience Enhancement Programs for High-Risk Children, Families, and Youth.- Creating Effective School-Based Interventions for Pregnant Teenagers.- Dating Relationships among At-Risk Adolescents.- Building Strengths and Resilience among At-Risk Mothers and Their Children.- Expanding Resilience Programs to Include Neighborhoods and Communities.- The Social Transformation of Environments and the Promotion of Resilience in Children.- Promoting Resilience in the Inner City.- A Community-Based Approach to Promoting Resilience in Young Children, Their Families, and Their Neighborhoods.- Steps Toward Community-Level Resilience.