title: Using protective factors in practice: lessons learned about resilience from a study of children aged five to thirteen.
abstract: There are many advantages of using resilience as a framework to guide the screening, assessment, and promotion of social-emotional health in children. This article reviews which individual attributes are most important for the resilience of elementary school-age children, as primarily determined by the positive attribute's ability to discriminate between typically developing children and those with disciplinary, mental health, and/or special education referrals or services. This research lends itself to a practical framework to scientifically measure and utilize individual social-emotional strengths for the purposes of fostering resilience in all children.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Training and Research, Devereux Foundation, Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA. VShapiro@Devereux.Org
authors.forename: Valerie B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lebuffe
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health