This book offers profound insights that challenge perceptions and evoke deep emotional responses. It explores transformative themes that encourage readers to reflect on their beliefs and experiences. Through its engaging narrative, it aims to foster understanding and connection, making it a compelling read for those seeking personal growth and enlightenment.
Pathways to Resilience Across Cultures and Contexts
Focusing on resilience, this book delves into how children and youth thrive despite adversity across various cultures and contexts. It features contributions from leading thinkers, offering original insights into theories, research methods, and interventions aimed at fostering resilience. By challenging culturally bound perspectives, it highlights diverse pathways to health and well-being, emphasizing the role of social and political resources. Additionally, it addresses how caregivers can cultivate supportive environments that nurture resilience in young individuals.
Through the lens of a weekly support group, Michael Ungar shares insights from families dealing with challenging children, drawing from his own experiences as well. He presents nine practical strategies aimed at empowering parents to nurture their difficult children, fostering resilience and growth. The book emphasizes understanding and support, providing valuable tools for navigating the complexities of parenting in tough situations.
Focusing on resilience as a social construct, this groundbreaking work presents a comprehensive theory and practical model tailored for high-risk youth in various settings. Michael Ungar delves into the lives of those labeled as dangerous or delinquent, revealing how they narrate their experiences to foster well-being and gain control. Through case studies, he highlights their strategic choices, such as gang involvement and substance use, as means of self-empowerment. This timely text challenges conventional views of troubled youth, advocating for an intervention approach that builds on their unique resilience narratives.
Focusing on the interplay between personal growth and external factors, the book challenges the notion that individual effort alone drives change. Michael Ungar, an expert on resilience, emphasizes the importance of supportive environments, including relationships with family, friends, and community, in fostering well-being. Through research and real-life examples, he illustrates that enhancing our surroundings can significantly boost resilience, especially when faced with adversity, suggesting that collective responsibility plays a crucial role in personal development.
Focusing on the importance of nurturing connections, this book emphasizes how children today desire to engage with their communities and contribute positively. Michael Ungar argues that with the right guidance and support from parents, kids can thrive and develop a sense of social responsibility. By blending inspiring stories from his clinical experience with global research, he highlights how strong familial bonds can protect children from negative influences like delinquency and promote their full potential. The book presents an optimistic perspective on youth culture and activism.
Michael Ungar, PhD, is a prize-winning fiction writer and among the most influential social work authors and speakers on parenting issues in North America. His nine nonfiction books include The We Generation and Too Safe For Their Own Good. His work has been the subject of cover stories in magazines and he is a regular contributor to radio and television. His blog can be read on Psychology Today's website. In 2010 he was the recipient of the Canadian Association of Social Workers Distinguished Service Award for Nova Scotia. The Social Worker is his first novel.Currently, he is a Professor of Social Work at Dalhousie University in Halifax where he directs the Resilience Research Centre. His website is www.michaelungar.com.
20 Skills to Build Resilience
Focusing on practical techniques and real-life case studies, this edition offers insights for social workers, psychologists, counselors, and child care professionals. It emphasizes strategies to support young people with complex needs, enhancing their resilience through compelling narratives and expert guidance.