Resilience in Children Exposed to Trauma, Disaster and War: Global Perspectives

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Syllabus

  • Week 1 - Week 1: Origins and Landmark Studies in the Science of Resilience in Children
    The first module of this course provides an introduction to the course and to the science of resilience. Video lectures discuss the meaning of resilience and the origins of resilience science. Participants will begin to think about case examples of resilience ...
  • Week 2 - Week 2: Methods and Models of Research on Resilience (including case studies)
    This module highlights the models and methods used in resilience science, including person-focused methods and variable-focused methods. The case study of Dr. Maddaus continues and the case of resilience in early childhood is presented.
  • Week 3 - Week 3: Effects on Children of Natural and Technological Disasters
    This module focuses on what has been learned from research on children who experience disasters, including the effects on children and patterns of recovery. Participants will watch a video interview with an expert on children in disaster and additional videos ...
  • Week 4 - Week 4: Resilience in Children Exposed to War and Political Violence
    This module highlights what has been learned about the effects of war, terror, and political violence on children and youth. What are the effects of these violent experiences on young people? What has been learned about resilience? We will examine the provocat...
  • Week 5 - Week 5: Roles of Families, Schools, Culture, and Community in Promoting Resilience of Children
    This module summarizes the findings on protective factors for resilience in children. Professor Masten presents her ideas about the adaptive systems that account for most of the capacity for resilience in children, what she has called “ordinary magic.” The rol...
  • Week 6 - Week 6: A Resilience Framework for Action, Enduring Controversies, and New Horizons in the Study of Resilience
    In video lectures this final week of the course, Professor Masten presents a general resilience framework for designing interventions and programs to promote resilience. She also discusses enduring controversies in the study of resilience and new frontiers, in...

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

Ann S. Masten, Ph.D., LP
Regents Professor, Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Development
Institute of Child Development

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The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is an American university founded in 1851.

It is located jointly in the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, known as the Twin Cities, in the state of Minnesota in the United States. The university is the oldest and largest part of Minnesota's university system. It is often ranked among the top 30 universities in the world by the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities.

Its student body is the second largest in the United States, with 52,557 students and a ratio of 1 professor to 16 students. It is located on two campuses in each of the two cities, linked by a dedicated bus system. Because of Minnesota's unique geography (more than 12,000 lakes, and hundreds of miles of parks and forests), the university is heavily involved in research into the environment, renewable resources and energy, and sustainable development. Its annual economic impact on the local economy is estimated at 8.9 billion dollars.

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