Module 3: Assignment
Back to Module at a GlanceAssignment: Position Paper: Resilience and Young Children
Imagine this scenario: Your studies about young children, brain development, and trauma have led you to feel strongly about the vital importance of resilience and young children. To that end, you are excited to write a position paper that includes:
- An Introduction, which briefly summarizes the vital importance of understanding and supporting the powerful role resilience can play in the lives of young children
- Your argument for taking this stand, including your educated and informed opinion with support from at least three sources.
- Your conclusion restating and summarizing key points.
Make sure your position paper includes the following:
- Factors that contribute to the development of resilience
- The importance of healthy adult capabilities, and their role in helping to build resilience through consistent and responsive relationships
- A discussion of how and why Interpersonal Neurobiology is an essential aspect of building the child’s capacity for resilience through relational connection that is caring, consistent, and responsive.
- Neuroplasticity as it relates to the architecture of resilience
- Core concepts of trauma-informed care as a set of effective strategies for building resilience in young children.
Assignment 1 Length: 7-10 pages
RESOURCES
- Bartlett, J. D., & Steber, K. (2019, May 9). How to implement trauma-informed care to build resilience to childhood trauma.Links to an external site. Child Trends.
- Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. (n.d.). Building adult capabilitiesLinks to an external site.. read this web page and watch the video.
- Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. (n.d.). ResilienceLinks to an external site.. read this web page and watch the video.
- Sege, R., Bethell, C., Linkenbach, J., Jones, J. A., Klika, F., & Pecora, P.J. (2017). Balancing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with HOPE: New insights into the role of positive experience on child and family developmentLinks to an external site..Links to an external site. [PDF]. The Medical Foundation.
- Siegel, D. J. (2015). Interpersonal neurobiology as a lens into the development of wellbeing and resilienceLinks to an external site.. Children Australia, 40(2), 160–164.
- ZERO TO THREE. (n.d.). Infant and early childhood mental healthLinks to an external site.. explore the web page and the resource links provided.
- State Capacity Building Center. (2018, April 1). Practicng self-care and professionalismLinks to an external site.. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care.
- Center for the Study of Social Policy. (n.d.). Taking care of yourself: For early care and education providers. Links to an external site.
- Erdman, S. Colker, L.J., & Winter, E. C. (2020). Preventing compassion fatigue: Caring for yourselfLinks to an external site.. Young Children, 75(3), 28–35.
