Re: Resilience/Protective factors

[aron <shlonsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Check out Werner, E. and Smith, R. Overcoming the odds: High risk children 
from birth to adulthood

At 03:04 PM 9/14/00 -0400, MariaR1947@aol.com wrote:
>I am sorry not to provide references, but one of the factors appears to be
>some kind of stable and/or positive relationship or situation which helps
>counteract the emotional chaos and which the child can 'hang onto' - rather
>like an emotional lifebelt in a very stormy sea!  From my own experience, it
>was the same school from age 5-16 which helped counteract a long series of
>disrupted care from adults which had occurred from a very early age.  I have
>to acknowledge that it is these experiences and what I have learned that has
>led me to research into child development.
>
>With best wishes for the study.
>
>Maria Robinson

Aron Shlonsky
Research Associate
Center for Social Services Research
UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare
16 Haviland Hall #7400
Berkeley, CA  94720-7400
(510) 642-8139

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