Building Resilient Students : Integrating Resiliency Into What You Already Know and Do

Foreword vii Nan Henderson Preface ix Who Is Responsible for Building Resilience in Students? x Who Has the Time or Knowledge to Do This? xi Using Resiliency Theory Is Good Educational Practice xi Validating the Art of Teaching and Common Sense xiii Acknowledgments xiii About the Author xvii Resiliency: The Basics 1(44) Nan Henderson and the Resiliency Attitude 1(1) Enter Henderson and Milstein's Resiliency Wheel 2(6) Foundations of Resiliency 8(5) Overview of Bonnie Benard's Model 13(7) Overview of the Wolins' Model 20(4) The Challenge Model as It Relates to Brief Solution-Oriented Therapy 24(9) Overview of Asset Building 33(10) Summary 43(2) Character Education and Building Resilience 45(20) Character Education Lost 47(3) What Is Character Education? 50(4) Working the Wheel 54(9) Summary 63(2) Multiple Intelligences Theory and Building Resilience 65(26) Multiple Intelligences and Resiliency 65(3) Introduction to Multiple-Intelligences Theory 68(2) The Eight Intelligences 70(2) How an Intelligence Develops 72(3) Putting Multiple Intelligences to Use 75(5) How Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences Interrelate 80(5) Working the Wheel 85(4) Summary 89(2) Emotional Intelligence and Building Resilience 91(26) Emotion is the Key 92(1) Emotional Intelligence Theory 93(5) The Physiology of Emotions 98(4) Putting Emotional Intelligence Theory Into Use 102(4) Working the Wheel 106(10) Summary 116(1) Service Learning and Building Resilience 117(22) Origins of the Concept of Service Learning 122(3) Confusion Surrounding Service Learning 125(1) Your Goals Drive Your Service Learning 126(4) Continuum of Service Learning 130(3) Service Learning and Building Resilience 133(1) Working the Wheel 134(4) Summary 138(1) Violence Prevention and Building Resilience 139(28) Understanding Low-Level Violence 145(6) Working the Wheel 151(13) Summary 164(3) Conclusion 167(6) Resource A: Checklist for Assessing Students' Multiple Intelligences 173(8) Resource B: True Colors Word Sort 181(4) Resource C: Additional Resources 185(6) References 191(6) Index 197