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Michael Ungar, Ph.D. Killam Professor,
School of Social Work, Dalhousie University
@MichaelUngarPhDwww.michaelungar.com www.cyccnetwork.org
www.resilienceresearch.org
Counselling Children and Families with Complex Needs: Building Resilience
Across Cultures and Contexts
CCPA, Halifax, 2013
High Well-being
Low “Disorder” High “Disorder”
Low Well-being
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Chronic Stressors
Expected
Acute Stressor/trauma
Actual
‘Hidden Resilience’
Hidden Resilience
Strengths are population-wide internal and external assets
Associated with prosocial behaviour and outcomesA ‘thin description’ of success: lacks context
Resilience is positive outcomes/strengths shown under adversity
Context sensitive
Hidden resilience is socially marginalized adaptation in stressful environments where resources are few or solutions devalued
Three Definitions
Five things we know about Resilience:#1-For the most disadvantaged children, facilitative environments (like good schools and safe streets) can be more influential to the processes associated with resilience than individual factors (like personality or self-esteem)
“Nurture trumps nature”The challenge is to know which protective factor is best suited to which type of problem for which person in which context
2008 British Columbia Adolescent Health Survey
Five things we know about Resilience:
#2-The environments that are most facilitative of resilience are those that help individuals, families, and communities to navigate to the resources that are the most meaningful to them
Five things we know about Resilience:
#3-The greater a child’s exposure to adversity, the more likely the child is to benefit from protective factors (like a mentor or extra-curricular activities)
Differential impactExamples: Conduct disorder, obesity, demobilizing gang members
Five things we know about Resilience:
#4-An adaptive coping strategy that works well at one point in time may have long-term negative consequences.
Five things we know about Resilience:
#5-Culture and context matter.
cultural adherence
relationships
identity
power & control
social justice
access to material resources
cohesion
Seven Resilience Resources
In the context of exposure to significant adversity, resilience is both the capacity of individuals to navigate their way to the psychological, social, cultural, and physical resources that sustain their well being, and their capacity individually and collectively to negotiate for these resources to be provided and experienced in culturally meaningful ways.
Resilience is…
A Social Ecological Approach (S.E.A.) to Counseling
S.E.A. is a model of clinical intervention that integrates case management and advocacy into direct practice with individuals and familiesS.E.A. nurtures people’s abilities to navigate towards, and negotiate for, the health promoting resources that are meaningful to them
Broadens the scope of clinical practice for counselors working from other approaches (CBT; Solution-focused Therapy; EFT; FFT; Narrative Therapy, etc.)Focuses on individual, relational and social determinants of health (mental and physical)
S.E.A.:
Case Illustration: Brian
Individuals, Families and Communities
Navigation and Negotiation
© Michael Ungar, Ph.D.
Seven Resources
Resources
Meaning
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Individuals, Families and Communities
© Michael Ungar, Ph.D.
Seven Resources
Resources
Meaning
Cu
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Co
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Navigation
Negotiation
A Social Ecological Approach (S.E.A.) to Counseling
People living in challenging contexts change when their natural supports, programs and interventions, and social policies help them:
Navigate effectivelyNegotiate effectivelyFind resources that are culturally and contextually meaningful
Theory of Change
Contextual Risk Individual RiskService Use Experience
Resilience
Functional Outcomes
.37*
-.30*
-.17* -.38* .33*.07
-.03
-.21* .53*
.18* -.14 .13
Life timeService Use
Accumulation
Service Use Experience
Resilience
Functional Outcomes
.37*
.33*
Help People Navigate
cultural adherence
relationships
identity
power & control
social justice
access to material resources
External Resources
cohesion
Experiences at School, Religious Institutions, etc.
Employment, housing,
clothes, etc.
Laws, anti-discrimination efforts, etc.
Opportunities to participate, make a contribution, etc.
Opportunities to use talents, experience respect, etc.
Mentors, teachers, extended family, etc.
Cultural spaces, diverse curriculum, etc.
cultural adherence
relationships
identity
power &control
social justice
access to material resources
Internal Resources
cohesion
Sense of engagement with others, attitudes towards belonging, spirituality
Awareness of resources such as educational opportunities
and health care
Knowledge and experience of one’s rights
Attribution style (internality/externality), efficacy
Self-worth, self-esteem, assessment of strengths
Quality of attachment to peers and caregivers
Cultural identification, cultural practices
Help People Negotiate
Michael Ungar, Ph.D. Killam Professor,
School of Social Work, Dalhousie University
@MichaelUngarPhDwww.michaelungar.com www.cyccnetwork.org
www.resilienceresearch.org
Thank you!