Using Community-Wide Collaboration to Foster Resiliency in Kids: A Conceptual Framework

Abstract:
A growing body of research suggests that development of particular attributes in kids by promoting and enhancing protective factors in their environments is as important, necessary, and effective for their healthy development as reducing the risk factors threatening their futures. This document summarizes some of the key conclusions from the vast and growing literature on collaboration, and shows how collaborators are being challenged not just to improve service delivery, but also to engage youth as resources, strengthen families and empower communities through the collaborative process. Also included is a discussion of the resiliency framework and how resiliency-based collaborations help communities meet the challenges and better protect children and youth from succumbing to high-risk behaviors.

Author(s): LINQUANTI, Robert


Date Published: 10/1/1992

Pages: 14

Location Code: 6166