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Practical ways to build
resilience with young people
September 2018
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Aims of the workshop
• To understand what resilience is
• To explore practical ways of building resilience with
young people
• To share learning and experience in this area of work
among grant holders
• To provide a networking opportunity
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What is resilience?
• Resilience is a positive, adaptive response in the face
of significant adversity (Harvard University, 2015)
• The …capacity to face, overcome and ultimately be
strengthened…by life’s adversities and challenges…A
complex relationship of psychological inner strengths
and environmental supports throughout a person’s
life’ (Masten, 2001 cited in McArdle & Ward, 2015)
• Bounce-back-ability (CAWT, 2006)
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What is resilience? Video Clips
Harvard clip:https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/resilience/
Young People: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RzHx5rw0f4
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Resilience – a muscle
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The Policy Context
• UNCRC (1990)
• Children’s Services Cooperation Act (2015)
• Draft Children and Young People’s Strategy 2017-2027
• Infant Mental Health Strategy (2016)
• Draft Programme for Government (2017)
• Making Life Better (2014)
• Families Matter (2009)
• Protect Life: Positive mental health and suicide prevention strategy (pending)
• Cooperating to Safeguard Children & Young People in NI (2017)
• Delivering Social Change Framework (2012)
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How can we help build resilience?
Sharing the experiences from grant holders:
• Leonard Cheshire Disability
• St Peter’s Immaculata Youth Centre
• NI Cancer Fund for Children
• NI Youth Forum (Case Study)
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How can we help build resilience?
• 1 stable & committed relationship with an adult
• Help young people build a sense of mastery (self
efficacy) or ability to overcome difficulties
• Develop adaptive strategies to cope with difficulties
• Help develop strong executive functions (e.g. skills for
planning, organisation) & self regulation skills
(manage emotions & behaviour)
• Support faith or cultural traditions
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How can we help build resilience?
• Build on strengths/positives
• Build optimism & hope
• Social connections with peers & community
• Meet basic needs
• Develop physical health
• Develop a sense of purpose
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Facts that are often misunderstood
• Resilience requires relationships, not individualism
• Capabilities that underlie resilience can be
strengthened at any age
• Resilience in the face of some hardships does not
guarantee resilience in the face of all issues (i.e. it can
be situation specific)
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Building layers of resilience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLuSmryLOe0&feature=youtu.be
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Self assessment exercise & small group discussion
How does your BLF
project o build resilience
with young people?
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Plenary Discussion
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What young people would like us to do to help build resilience
• YPAG contributed to a discussion on
building resilience and came up with the
ideas on this flipchart.
• Here is an A4 typed version for you all
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Closing comments & next steps for LINKS
• Evaluation of this workshop
• LINKS: 1:1 support to individual grant holders
• Future events
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Thank you for coming today
For more information & support contact:
Teresa GeraghtySenior Research AnalystNCBTel: 028 90875006E: [email protected]
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