Title: Describe individual and family resilience.
Course: Family Relations (19259-36) > Section: Dealing with Family Stress, Conflict, and Crisis

Description should include

- defining adversity and resilience
- explaining strategies and techniques to develop resilience
- explaining how developing resilience helps individuals and families overcome adversity (including overcoming societal barriers).

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- How might a weak individual become more resilient?
- Why do some individuals recover well after experiencing a trauma while others do not?
- What are some common examples of societal challenges modern families currently face?

Communication

- How might family members positively influence other relatives who do not deal well with stress?
- Why might some individuals choose not to speak openly about the adversity they are facing?
- How might open communication help an individual to become more resilient?

Leadership

- How can support from the community help individuals and families become more resilient?
- How can you support an individual or family facing challenges you have never experienced?
- How can effective leadership help an individual or family to become more resilient?
- How might leading by example help an individual or family to become more resilient?

Management

- What are the characteristics of a resilient individual?
- How might adversity and a lack of resilience affect an individual?
- What sources of assistance exist to help individuals or families build resiliency and overcome adversity?