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The human being's ability to face, overcome and becoming stronger by the difficulties in life they have to face.
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A universal capacity which allows a person or community to prevent, minimise or overcome the damaging effect of adversity.
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The ability to bounce back.
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The ability to cope with life's problems.
Resilience comes from a child's external and internal resources. External resources are what they have at their disposal. Their internal
resources are: who they are and what they can do.
External resources
A child has
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people they can trust;
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structures and boundaries for their safety;
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people who set examples of how to behave (called role models);
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encouragement to do things on their own without being totally dependent on someone else; and
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access to health, education and social welfare services.
Internal resources
Children have a sense of who they are from the way they are treated by other people. Children are more likely to be resilient if they
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see themselves as lovable;
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are able to do kind things for others and show concern;
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are proud of themselves;
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are able to take responsibility for what they do; and
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are filled with hope, faith and trust.
Children are more likely to be resilient if they can
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communicate;
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solve problems;
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manage feelings and impulses;
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understand how other people are feeling; and
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establish trusting relationships.
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