Nurturing resilience: the ‘ordinary magic’ of everyday life

Authors

  • Ảine de Roiste Institute of Technology Bishopstown, Cork

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.152175

Keywords:

resilience, risk competence, child development

Abstract

A brief exploration of resilience and child development is presented. The concepts of resilience and ‘risk competence’ are elaborated on along with some of the practice implications of these with respect to child care and wellbeing. Questions are raised regarding managing childhood risks while at the same time enabling children to become capable in assessing and handling risks themselves.

 

Author Biography

  • Ảine de Roiste, Institute of Technology Bishopstown, Cork

     Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied Social Studies,

     Ảine is a psychologist, lecturer and course co-ordinator on the BA (Hons) in Social Care and supervises postgraduate research in this field.

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2018-11-28

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Vol. 28 No. 3 (2018)

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