Resilience in Children Exposed to Trauma, Disaster and War: Global Perspectives
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Resilience in Children Exposed to Trauma, Disaster and War: Global Perspectives
Instructor: Ann S. Masten, Ph.D.
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How do children overcome hazardous experiences to succeed in life? What can be done to protect young people at risk from trauma, war, disasters, and other adversities? Learn about the importance of fostering resilience in children at risk.
During this course, participants will: learn how trauma can affect children and the systems they depend on, gain insight into core concepts, research methods and lessons learned in last 50 years of resilience research, learn how research is being applied in the real world through interventions that promote resilience, and engage in discussions with others who are working with children at risk around the world Participants are welcome to take the MOOC at no cost or to register for a Course Certificate ($49). Those who register and earn a Course Certificate from Coursera also are eligible to sign up for continuing education clock hours through the University of Minnesota. Participants can earn 10 clock hours of continuing education credit (added cost $99) from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. Go here http://z.umn.edu/1a5q to register for continuing education clock hours for completing this course.
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 from their own experience and plan for a resilience interview. In the forum discussions, participants will introduce themselves, discuss the meaning of resilience and its importance in their work. Participants also will nominate favorite films and books about true stories of resilience:
What's included
6 videos7 readings2 assignments
6 videos•Total 57 minutes
- 1.1 Introduction to the Course•10 minutes
- 1.2 Origins and 4 Waves of Resilience Science•9 minutes
- 1.3 Defining Resilience•15 minutes
- 1.4 Early Landmark Studies of Resilience•14 minutes
- 1.5 Resilience in Books and Films•6 minutes
- Optional video: Resilience in the face of adversity by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention.•4 minutes
7 readings•Total 70 minutes
- Required reading•10 minutes
- Optional video on Dr. Maddaus•10 minutes
- Additional Videos (optional)•10 minutes
- Optional reading•10 minutes
- Active Learning Assignment 1: Interview on Resilience•10 minutes
- Week 1 Discussion•10 minutes
- Coming next week•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Self-Report for Completing Active Learning Assignment 1•30 minutes
- Week 1 Quiz•30 minutes
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.
What's included
9 videos5 readings2 assignments
9 videos•Total 90 minutes
- 2.1 Overview•5 minutes
- 2.2 Person-focused methods: Single Case Studies (including the case of Sara)•11 minutes
- 2.3 Person-focused models and methods: Group Comparisons•16 minutes
- 2.4 Variable-focused methods: Risk gradients•11 minutes
- 2.5 Variable-focused methods: Promotive factors•6 minutes
- 2.6 Variable-focused methods: Moderator models and protective factors•10 minutes
- 2.7 Combined methods•14 minutes
- 2.8 Pathway models•8 minutes
- 2.9 Intervention models•10 minutes
5 readings•Total 60 minutes
- 2.10 Ready Set Go Intervention Example•20 minutes
- Active Learning Assignment 2: Case Study of Dr. Michael Maddaus•10 minutes
- Week 2 Discussion•10 minutes
- Reminder•10 minutes
- Coming next week•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Case study of Mike Maddaus: Self-report for Completing Active Learning Assignment 2•30 minutes
- Week 2 Quiz•30 minutes
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 on damage and recovery following the F5 Joplin tornado. Participants will also complete a survey on disaster experiences.
What's included
6 videos6 readings2 assignments
6 videos•Total 74 minutes
- 3.1 Overview•6 minutes
- 3.2 Effects•18 minutes
- 3.3 Resilience and recovery•9 minutes
- 3.4 Intervention•18 minutes
- 3.5 Preparing for Disaster•11 minutes
- Interview with Joy Osofsky on Children in Disaster•12 minutes
6 readings•Total 60 minutes
- Required reading•10 minutes
- Infographics•10 minutes
- Active Learning Assignment 3: Disaster•10 minutes
- Week 3 Discussion•10 minutes
- Reminder•10 minutes
- Coming next week•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Disaster: Self-report for Completing Active Learning Assignment 3•30 minutes
- Week 3 Quiz•30 minutes
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 provocative literature on youth who voluntarily get involved in political conflicts or war. The concluding lecture considers new approaches to peace-building and what might be done to promote peace through interventions with children. This week also features 4 special topics on resilience in young people who experienced the trauma of war and conflict. Choose one or more of the special topics and watch these moving stories of survival. Post your thoughts in the special topics discussion forums on each of these options. If you have time, watch them all. These accounts of resilience are very compelling.
What's included
8 videos5 readings1 assignment
8 videos•Total 82 minutes
- 4.1 War, Terror, and Political Conflict: Overview•4 minutes
- 4.2 Threats to Child Development•12 minutes
- 4.3 Telling the Story•9 minutes
- 4.4 War and Resilience•17 minutes
- 4.5 Terror and Resilience•12 minutes
- 4.6 Intervention Studies•11 minutes
- 4.7 Youth in Political Conflicts•11 minutes
- 4.8 Pathways to Peace•6 minutes
5 readings•Total 50 minutes
- Video Activity: Choose One•10 minutes
- Resources on peace education mentioned in the video lectures - for your interest, not required•10 minutes
- Week 4 Discussion•10 minutes
- Reminder•10 minutes
- Coming next week•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Week 4 Quiz•30 minutes
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 roles of families, schools, and culture in resilience are discussed.
What's included
11 videos5 readings2 assignments
11 videos•Total 131 minutes
- 5.1 Overview•4 minutes
- 5.2 The Short List•5 minutes
- 5.3 Adaptive Systems in the Child•8 minutes
- 5.4 Adaptive Systems in Relationships•12 minutes
- 5.5 Family and Family Resilience•15 minutes
- 5.6 Adaptive Systems in Culture and Community•14 minutes
- 5.7 The Roles of School in Child Resilience•10 minutes
- Optional video: Mini-Interview with Froma Walsh•4 minutes
- Optional video: Interview with Frosso Motti-Stefanidi•16 minutes
- Optional video: Solomon Muche's story•26 minutes
- Interview with Michael Ungar (part of Active Learning Project 4)•17 minutes
5 readings•Total 50 minutes
- Required reading•10 minutes
- Optional reading•10 minutes
- Active Learning Assignment 4: Protective Factors Around the World•10 minutes
- Week 5 Discussion•10 minutes
- Coming next week•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Protective factors around the world: Self-report for Completing Active Learning Assignment 4•30 minutes
- Week 5 Quiz•30 minutes
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, including the neurobiology of resilience and growing research on the role of culture in resilience. The course concludes with highlights about growing global work on resilience and final “take home” messages from the course.
What's included
11 videos3 readings2 assignments
11 videos•Total 121 minutes
- 6.1 Resilience in Action: Overview•5 minutes
- 6.2 A Framework for Action•9 minutes
- 6.3 Strategies and Strategic Action•12 minutes
- 6.4 Enduring Controversies•12 minutes
- 6.5 Cautionary Notes•8 minutes
- 6.6 New Horizons in Neurobiology•12 minutes
- 6.7 New Horizons in Culture and Society•10 minutes
- 6.8 Think Globally•5 minutes
- 6.9 Course Wrapup and Acknowledgments•8 minutes
- Optional video: Interview with Dante Cicchetti•24 minutes
- Optional video: Interview with Michael Rutter•18 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
- Required readings•10 minutes
- Optional reading•10 minutes
- Week 6 Discussion and Reflections on the Course as a Whole•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Week 6 Quiz•30 minutes
- Final•30 minutes
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Reviewed on Jan 18, 2017
Amazing course! It can inspire every professional who is interested in trauma- informed approach or who is working with populations experiencing traumas.
Reviewed on Feb 1, 2019
Wonderful and very well-detailed research-based course about resilience in children. Learned a lot from the splendid instructor. Very detailed and empowering course. Highly recommended.
Reviewed on Jun 22, 2024
Very informative but the lectures do get boring after a while. If you are interested in the topic you will have no problem completing the course.
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