Stronger Together The Children’s & Youth Resilience Programmes

Save the Children Denmark Public event: A holistic approach to young people’s psychosocial wellbeing, London, 22.11.2016

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The Children’s Resilience Programme (2012)

3 The Youth Resilience Programme (2015)

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4 Ecological model

Laws and policies (system)

Community support

Extended family, friends, etc.

Parents and caregivers

Children, adolescents and youth

Meetings with parents/ caregivers

Workshops with groups of children and youth

Strengthen referral and protection mechanisms

Continuous capacity building of staff and facilitators

Link to e.g. CRG and advocacy.

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Active and meaningful

participation

7 Resilience

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Resilience is about…

…the ability to navigate during periods of hardship, drawing on psychological, social, cultural and physical resources.

…the ability to negotiate resources in a meaningful way – to the advantage of the person or the group.

(Michael Ungar, the Resilience Research Center -http://resilienceresearch.org/)

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• Progressive • Structure and repetition • Social relations in focus • Joyfulness and creativeness • Facilitator is the role model – the method of facilitation is as important as the activity itself.

Five main principles

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FUN

SAFE

INCLUSIVE

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VOICE

SOCIETY CHOICES

FULL POTENTIAL

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Vision in

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Thank you

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