Understand the latest research indicating the importance of
family engagement as an element of
successful whole - school reform and what this means for work in your
context.
Successful marriages are based upon a marriage triangle of three major factors — individual traits, couple traits, and personal and relationship
contexts — according to Jeffry H. Larsen, Ph.D., in his «Marriage Preparation» brochure for the American Association for Marriage and
Family Therapy.
The concept of resilience and closely related research regarding protective factors provides one avenue for addressing mental well - being that is suggested to have an impact on adolescent substance use.8 — 17 Resilience has been variably defined as the process of, capacity for, or outcome of
successful adaptation in the
context of risk or adversity.9, 10, 12, 13, 18 Despite this variability, it is generally agreed that a range of individual and environmental protective factors are thought to: contribute to an individual's resilience; be critical for positive youth development and protect adolescents from engaging in risk behaviours, such as substance use.19 — 22 Individual or internal resilience factors refer to the personal skills and traits of young people (including self - esteem, empathy and self - awareness).23 Environmental or external resilience factors refer to the positive influences within a young person's social environment (including connectedness to
family, school and community).23 Various studies have separately reported such factors to be negatively associated with adolescent use of different types of substances, 12, 16, 24 — 36 for example, higher self - esteem16, 29, 32, 35 is associated with lower likelihood of tobacco and alcohol use.
Successful parent / child mediation cases, and most
family disputes, have five elements, which form the backbone of the tipping point moment in the
family context:
Successful severe parent / child mediation cases, and most
family disputes, have five elements, which form the backbone of the tipping point moment in the
family context: