Dr. Michael Ungar - Why Children and Youth Go to School and Why they Don't
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Michael Ungar, Ph.D. School of Social Work, Dalhousie University Twitter @MichaelUngarPhD www.michaelungar.com www.resilienceresearch.org Why Children and Youth Go to School, and Why they Don’t Being Proactive Conference, Toronto District School Board, March 22, 2013
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Michael Ungar, Ph.D.
School of Social Work, Dalhousie University
Twitter @MichaelUngarPhD www.michaelungar.com
www.resilienceresearch.org
Why Children and Youth Go
to School, and Why they
Don’t Being Proactive Conference,
Toronto District School Board,
March 22, 2013
High Well-being
Low “Disorder” High “Disorder”
Low Well-being
Contextual Risk Individual Risk
Service Use Experience
Resilience
Functional Outcomes
.37*
-.30*
-.17* -.38* .33*
.07
-.03
-.21* .53*
.18* -.14 .13
Life time
Service Use Accumulation
Service Use Experience
Resilience
Functional Outcomes
.37*
.33*
Evolution of Resilience Theory
Intrinsic quality: The “invulnerable child” and studies of children in contexts of war
Protective processes
Promoting self-esteem and self-efficacy, reduction of risk impact, reducing negative chain reactions, opening opportunities
Ecological, temporal interpretations across cultures
Biopsychosocial, neuroplasticity, epigenetics
In the context of exposure to significant adversity
resilience is the capacity of individuals to navigate their way to the psychological, social, cultural, and physical resources that sustain their well being, and…
their capacity individually and in groups to negotiate for these resources to be provided…
in culturally meaningful ways.
Psychological Resilience is…
Five things we know
about Resilience: Nurture trumps nature
Differential impact of strengths under stress
Resilience is cumulative
Context and culture influence what matters most
Long-term, not all adaptations are advantageous
Changing Social Ecologies Can
Create Resilience
10% 70% 20%
Entire Population
Percentage of Sub-Population Exposed to Significant Risk
cultural
adherence
relationships
identity
power &
control social justice
access to
material
resources
cohesion
Seven Resources
Better to
Substitute than
Suppress
Michael Ungar, Ph.D.
Killam Professor, Co-Director Resilience Research Centre
School of Social Work, Dalhousie University
www.michaelungar.com www.resilienceresearch.org
Thank you!
