Building Resilient Students

Foreword - Nan Henderson Preface Who Is Responsible for Building Resilience in Students? Using Resiliency Theory Is Good Educational Practice Validating the Art of Teaching and Common Sense Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Resiliency: The Basics Nan Henderson and the Resiliency Attitude Enter Henderson and Milstein's Resiliency Wheel Foundations of Resiliency Overview of Benard's Model Overview of the Wolins' Model The Challenge Model as It Relates to Brief, Solution-Oriented Therapy Overview of Asset Building Summary 2. Character Education and Building Resilience Character Education Lost What Is Character Education? Working the Wheel Summary 3. Multiple Intelligences Theory and Building Resilience Multiple Intelligences and Resiliency Introduction to Multiple-Intelligences Theory The Eight Intelligences How an Intelligence Develops Putting Multiple Intelligences to Use How Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences Interrelate Working the Wheel Summary 4. Emotional Intelligence and Building Resilience Emotion Is the Key Emotional Intelligence Theory The Physiology of Emotions Putting Emotional Intelligence Theory Into Use Working the Wheel Summary 5. Service Learning and Building Resilience Origins of the Concept of Service Learning Confusion Surrounding Service Learning Your Goals Drive Your Service Learning Continuum of Service Learning Service Learning and Building Resilience Working the Wheel Summary 6. Violence Prevention and Building Resilience Understanding Low-Level Violence Working the Wheel Summary Conclusion Resource A: Checklist for Assessing Students' Multiple Intelligences Resource B: True Colors Word Sort Resource C: Additional Resources References Index