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This interdisciplinary volume examines the relationship between community resilience and family resilience, identifying contributing factors on the micro-, meso-, and macro-level. Scholars and practitioners focus on how community-level policies and programs facilitate the distribution of resources, assets, and opportunities that provide valuable assistance to families who are struggling or in crisis due to economic hardship, mental illness, and the effects of natural and human made disasters. Additionally, representatives of local government and community agencies on the "front lines" of developing policies and programs to assist families provide valuable context for understanding the ways communities provide environments that encourage and nurture family resilience.
Among the topics covered:
- How cities promote resilience from a public health perspective
- Family resilience following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
- Resilience in women from trauma and addiction
- Trauma-sensitive schooling for elementary-age students
- Developing family resilience through community based missions
Resilience and the Community will be of interest to policy-makers, researchers, and practitioners seeking to facilitate the development of evidence-based resilience practices, programs, and/or policies for those working with families at risk.
List of contents
I. Relationships Between Community and Family Resilience.- Preface.- Community Context and Resilient Families.- Building and Strengthening Communities: What Works? What Doesn't?.- How Do Cities Think About Resilience?.- Family Resilience Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Preliminary Evidence from the RCYC Study.- Public Health and Community and Family Resilience.- II. Building Community and Family Resilience Through Policy and Programming.- Resilience in Women from Trauma and Addiction: Development of Life Skills Through Structured Recovery Programs.- A Journey to Becoming a Trauma-Sensitive School and Supporting Resilience in Elementary-Age Students.- Navigating the Waters of Early Childhood Child Care Policy.- Resiliency for All: Not Forgetting the Forgotten.- A Layman's Passion for and Experience with Developing Family Resilience Through Community Based Missions. The Use and Value of 'Sweat Equity': Three Examples.
About the author
Amanda W. Harrist received her Ph.D. in Child Development at the University of Tennessee. She is currently Associate Director for Education and Translation at the Center for Family Resilience at Oklahoma State University, where she is also a Professor of Human Development and Family Science. Her research is focused on understanding psychosocial risk and protective processes in children's social contexts, particularly the parent-child relationship and peer relations at school.
Michael Stout, Ph.D., George Kaiser Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Family and Community Policy, Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Science, Oklahoma State University.
Report
"Building Community and Family Resilience provides an engaging examination of the complexities of family and community resilience. A complete grasp of the subject is provided through the variety of chapters, each of which was written by a practitioner or academic. The book's informative content and useful application make it a worthy read for anybody looking to foster resilience within families and communities ... . As students and practitioners, we very much enjoyed reading and recommending this book." (Nursehan Sugiharto, Ahmad Rizaldi and Permata Chitra Haelda Manik, European Journal of Social Work, November 23, 2023)
