Serving Clatsop County

Resilience

Leading researchers show that some children develop resilience – the ability to overcome serious hardship – and that others do not. Understanding why some children do well despite adverse experiences early in life is important to being able to help those who do not. That same understanding can help create more effective policies and programs that help more children reach their full potential.

 

The most common factor in children who develop resilience is at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive parent, caregiver, or other adult. From those relationships comes the personalized responsiveness and protection that can buffer children from disruptions in their emotional development. They also allow children to respond to adversity and thrive.

Goal 1: Enhance children’s connections to caring adults

Goal 2: Improve resiliency in children and families

  • Number of parents trained
  • Number of teachers trained
  • Number of community members trained
  • Percentage change TRACEs resiliency survey children
  • Percentage change TRACEs resiliency survey adults

Enhance protective factors that support resilience in parents and children

  • Develop and/or adapt a guide for enhancing protective factors and reducing stress to strengthen community resilience
  • Enhance peer support (for parents/youth)
  • Assess best practices, what’s already happening, identify gaps; based on this, develop resources

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