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Daniel and Wassell (2002)

Summary of support for evaluation:

HeadStart: The resilience domains

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Having positive values usually

means you are generally a

helpful, caring, and

responsible person. This can

be helping others, comforting

people when they are upset

and sharing with others.

There are six areas in our lives

where we can promote

resilience. We call these

domains. Resilience is the ability

to cope and bounce back when

things go wrong. It can be helpful

to focus on just one of these

domains or you might look at

more over time.

Social competencies or skills are the characteristics and

traits you have as a person and when with others. You

have a sense of hope and feel you can do things.

Talents and interests are the things you like doing

in your free time. Things you are good at or enjoy.

There could even be things you’ve never tried

before but would like to try.

This is all about how secure

you feel. It’s about the bonds

you have with your family

and important people in your

life. It’s also about the places

you feel safe.

This is all about how you

enjoy learning, taking

opportunities to try new

things and thinking about

your future.

Friendships can be really

positive. Having friends that

make you feel good about

yourself is important. Being

a good friend is also

important.

Daniel and Wassell (2002)

HeadStart: The resilience domains

Source: Cairns, K. (nd)

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This is a mapping tool to allow you to

RAG rate your resilience across the

six domains. (Red, amber, green)

Once you have mapped your red, amber and green across the six

domains you may choose to concentrate on just

one or two domains at a time.

HeadStart Action Plan

From the work by Daniel and Wassell (2002), below are suggested questions for use with the young person, parents and community. How would they answer the questions, how would you use these questions? This exercise will help you understand how the resilience model and domains underpin the Resilience Toolkit, and enable you to have a “domains based conversation with young people.”

Secure base Self: Does this young person appear to feel secure? Family: Does the current parent or carer environment provide the young person with a secure base? Significant others: Are there any other significant individuals that offer the young person a secure base? Wider community: What are the wider resources that contribute to the young person’s attachment network?

Some ideas for discussion using the domains with: Young person: Who is important in your life now? Parent/carer: What do you think the relationship between you and the young person is like? Community: Does the young person attend any groups in the community?

Education Self: To what extent does the young person show curiosity and interest in learning, school or college? Family: To what extend does the parent or carer environment facilitate the young person’s learning and school or college

attendance? Significant others: Is there anyone else who can support this young person’s learning? Wider community: What opportunities are there in the wider environment to support this young person’s education?

Some ideas for discussion using the domains with: Young person: What would you like most to achieve this term? Parent/carer: Who can or is helping you with strategies for helping your child to learn? Community: Is there anyone in the community that could help with studies/be a mentor?

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Friendships Self: What characteristics does this young person have that help with making and keeping friends? Family: To what extent does the parent or carer environment facilitate the development of friendship? Significant others: Is there a family friend or significant person at school who could help facilitate making new friends? Wider community: What are this young person’s friendships like at the moment? Are there local opportunities to make new

friends?

Some ideas for discussion using the domains with: Young person: Who are your friends/best friends? Parent/carer: Are you ever worried that the friends he or she has are a bad influence? Community: What opportunities are there for this young person to have contact with other young people outside of school?

Talents and interests Self: What talents does this young person have and do they have any particular interests? Family: Do carers encourage the development and expression of talents and interests? Significant others: Is there a family friend or significant person at school who could encourage this young person to take up a

new interest? Wider community: What opportunities are there in the wider community for the nurturing of this young person’s talents and

interests?

Some ideas for discussion using the domains with: Young person: What hobbies, activities and other things are you interested in? Parent/carer: Can you think of any activities that your child enjoys or is good at? Community: Are there any activities or community centres you could go to as a family?

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Self: What level or moral reasoning does this young person show, what understanding of his or her own feelings do they have and what ability do they have to empathise with of others?

Family: What level of helping behaviour does this young person show? Significant others: What level of willingness does this young person show to help others? Wider community: What level of comforting or sharing or more general pro-social behaviour does this young person show?

Some ideas for discussion using the domains with: Young person: Do you ever find it difficult to let others know how you are feeling? Parent/carer: Does your child show respect for rules and boundaries? Community: Think about the things you are interested in, are there ways you could help another young person who is

interested in the same thing?

Social competencies Self: To what extent do this young person’s personal characteristics contribute to his or her level of social competence? Family: To what extent does the parent or carer environment encourage social competencies? Significant others: Is there someone in the young person’s life who can encourage them to follow home/school rules? Wider community: What opportunities does this young person have to develop competence in a wider social environment?

Some ideas for discussion using this social domain with: Young person: Can you usually get through a day without being told off? Parent/carer: What is your approach to disciple and boundaries for your child? Community: Are there any volunteering opportunities that you could organise for this young person to take part in?

Domain Date General description

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HeadStart Action Plan

What I want to

achieve in this

domain

Secure base

Example: I want somewhere safe to go to.

Education

Example: I want to improve my attendance.

Friendships

Example: I want to make new friends.

Talents and interests

Example: I want a new hobby.

Positive values

Example: I want to be more honest.

Social competencies

Example: I want to be able to communicate with others better.

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HeadStart Assessment

Source: Cairns, K. (nd)

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This is a mapping tool to allow you to

RAG rate your resilience across the

six domains. (Red, amber, green)

Once you have mapped your red, amber and green across the six

domains you may choose to concentrate on just

one or two domains at a time.

HeadStart Assessment

What I want to

achieve in this

domain

Domain Date General description

Secure base

Example: I want somewhere safe to go to.

Education

Example: I want to improve my attendance.

Friendships

Example: I want to make new friends.

Talents and interests

Example: I want a new hobby.

Positive values

Example: I want to be more honest.

Social competencies

Example: I want to be able to communicate with other better.

Please print more pages if needed……

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HeadStart ScheduleOn this date…

Date of current meeting

WeList all persons present

Agreed to meet again on this date…

Date of next meeting

At this time…Time of next

meeting

At this venue…Venue of next meeting

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HeadStart Feedback from the Young Person

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