Sunday, September 14, 2014

My Personal Research Journey

The topic that I chose for my research simulation is resilience in children.  Specifically, I will be focusing on how to foster or promote resilience in children.  I am also interested in the factors or characteristics that lead to resilience.  Even though these are two topics, I think that it will be necessary to discuss the factors that lead to resilience in order to explain how to foster/promote resilience.  I chose this topic because I previously taught disadvantaged students at the elementary level.  The majority of these children were very resilient however, I have always been interested in understanding what makes some children more resilient than others.

So far, I have found a few resources on the topic of resilience in the following areas: previous studies involving high-risk children (children of substance abusers, children of alcoholics, and children living in poverty), a longitudinal study which demonstrated the protective factors that contribute to resilience, and promoting resilience.

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