Course: Support Worker Resources, Tile: 3: Care; resilience; protective factors

3: Care; resilience; protective factors

3: Care; resilience; protective factors

This is general information for support workers, with a few practical examples related to children.
- Domains of self-care for parents
- Self-care pactical activities
- Protective factors
- Fostering protective factors in families
  
  In these videos, Professor Margaret Sims and Dr Amy Johnson explain what protective factors in families are and what they might look like.
- Diagram: Protective factors in families
- Diagram: Protective factors in families and the community
- Plugging into protective factors in defence families
  
  This article looks at some of the experiences of defence families during relocations, deployments and reintegration. It has links to supports.
- Resilience
- Tips for building resilience
- Building resilience in children
- Resilience Practice Framework
  
  Please view the diagrams on page 11, 16 and 17 to find out more about protective factors and resilience.
- What is resilience?
  
  Please note this video talks about creating 'good citizens'. In EC we believe children have a basic right to safety and nurturing relationships as a social justice issue, rather than we should provide these to create 'good citizens'.
- How to build resilience
  
  Please note this video talks about creating 'good citizens'. In EC we believe children have a basic right to safety and nurturing relationships as a social justice issue, rather than we should provide these to create 'good citizens'.
- Resilient Defence Families
- Insight into the experiences of defence families and their children
- Avoiding toxic stress
  These videos are included to show the reasons why support for families during times of need is important. It does not mean that many families experience toxic stress.
- What to avoid: The effects of toxic stress
  
  Please note this video talks about creating 'good citizens'. In EC we believe children have a basic right to safety and nurturing relationships as a social justice issue, rather than we should provide these to create 'good citizens'.
- Building adult capabilities to improve outcomes for children
  
  Please note this video talks about creating 'good citizens'. In EC we believe children have a basic right to safety and nurturing relationships as a social justice issue, rather than we should provide these to create 'good citizens'.
- What to avoid: The effects of toxic stress on development
  
  Please note this video talks about creating 'good citizens'. In EC we believe children have a basic right to safety and nurturing relationships as a social justice issue, rather than we should provide these to create 'good citizens'.
- Resources for parents and family workers
  There is some good research-based information in these online articles. There will also be many tips that are relevant for family workers.
- Effective communication with parents
- Reading (9 mins): Tips for building resilience
- Reading (3 mins): Building resilience in children
- Reading (5 mins): Changing routines: Autistic children and teenagers (3-18 years)
- Group Music Making can Develop Resilience
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