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Chandi Fernando Michel Ferrari Editors Handbook of Resilience in Children of War Handbook of Resilience in Children of War Chandi Fernando (cid:129) Michel Ferrari Editors Handbook of Resilience in Children of War Editors Chandi Fernando Michel Ferrari Applied Psychology and Human Development Applied Psychology and Human Development Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada Toronto, ON, Canada ISBN 978-1-4614-6374-0 ISBN 978-1-4614-6375-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-6375-7 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013935226 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 This work is subject to copyright. 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Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Endorsements My friend Emmanuel Jal says he believes he has survived for a reason—to tell his story, to touch lives. It is remarkable how children, the most vulnera- ble in con fl ict, are able to transcend the worst evils this world has to offer. The authors of this book recount positive stories of struggles for survival and the remarkable journeys of young people who refused to let their adverse circumstances dictate their future possibilities. This handbook stresses the importance of learning from the past, avoiding cookie-cutter solutions, and, above all, a multidisciplinary approach to caring for our young. It truly takes a village…. LGen Roméo Dallaire (Ret), Founder of the Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative -- Reading Chandi Fernando and Michel Ferrari’s inspiring collection of papers from around the world, it’s clear that there are speci fi c protective processes that help children who are exposed to political violence build and sustain resil- ience. This is a timely work that sits on the crest of emerging thinking in the fi eld of resilience research. No longer can we explain resilience as something inside a child. It is, as shown in the many studies that are discussed with some of the most disadvantaged children in the world, something we create by mak- ing children’s social ecologies safer and more nurturing. This book will be of interest not just to those working with children affected by war, but anyone who works with traumatised young people, whether because of gangs or domestic violence. This volume is one of the fi rst of its kind to show through research and its application to practice that we can help children be more resil- ient with the right commitments from their families, communities, and most importantly, the policy makers who fund the programs children need. Michael Ungar, Ph.D., Co-Director, Resilience Research Centre Editor, The Social Ecology of Resilience : A Handbook of Theory and Practice v Contents 1 Overview of the Volume ............................................................... 1 Chandi Fernando and Michel Ferrari Part I Social-Ecological Approaches to Promoting Resilience in Children of War 2 Promoting Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-Being in Children Affected by Political Violence: Part I–Current Evidence for an Ecological Resilience Approach ............................................. 11 Weiste A. Tol, Mark J.D. Jordans, Brandon A. Kohrt, Theresa S. Betancourt, and Ivan H. Komproe 3 Promoting Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-Being in Children Affected by Political Violence: Part II—Expanding the Evidence Base .................... 29 Weiste A. Tol, Mark J.D. Jordans, Brandon A. Kohrt, Theresa S. Betancourt, and Ivan H. Komproe 4 Promoting Resilience in Children of War .................................. 39 Barbara Magid and Neil Boothby 5 Child Mental Health, Psychosocial Well-Being and Resilience in Afghanistan: A Review and Future Directions ......................................................................... 51 Peter Ventevogel, Mark J.D. Jordans, Mark Eggerman, Bibiane van Mierlo, and Catherine Panter-Brick Part II Child Soldiers 6 When Children Become Killers: Child Soldiers in the Civil War in Sierra Leone ................................................. 83 Tunde Zack-Williams 7 The Fallacy of the Ticking Time Bomb: Resilience of Children Formerly Recruited into Armed Forces and Groups ................................................... 95 Lindsay Stark and Mike Wessells vii viii Contents 8 Children of War in Colombia and Iraq...................................... 107 Marla J. Buchanan, Kasim Al-Mashat, Liliana Cortes, Branka Djukic, Beheshta Jaghori, and Alanna Thompson Part III Institutional Support for Children Affected by War 9 Child Friendly Spaces: Promoting Children’s Resiliency Amidst War................................................................. 119 Kathleen Kostelny and Michael Wessells 10 Resilience in Orphans of War in Sri Lanka ............................... 131 Chandi Fernando and Michel Ferrari Part IV Resilience Among Refugees 11 Relational Resilience .................................................................... 147 Colette Daiute 12 Coping and Adaptation: A Narrative Analysis of Children and Youth from Zones of Conflict in Africa .......... 163 Jacqueline McAdam 13 Pathways of Success Experiences Among the “Lost Boys” of Sudan: A Case Study Approach ........................ 179 Laura Bates, Deborah J. Johnson, and Meenal Rana 14 No Place Like Home: Resilience Among Adolescent Refugees Resettled in Australia .................................................. 193 Julie Ann Robinson 15 Pathways to Resilience: The Role of Education in War-Zone Immigrant and Refugee Student Success ............ 211 Lana Stermac, Allyson K. Clarke, and Lindsay Brown Part V E xtending our Understanding of the Effects of War on Children: Theory and Practice 16 Political Violence, Identity and Psychological Adjustment in Children ............................................................... 223 Orla T. Muldoon 17 How Can a Majority Be Resilient? Critiquing the Utility of the Construct of Resilience Through a Focus on Youth in Contexts of Political Conflict .................... 233 Brian K. Barber and Samuel Benjamin Doty 18 Resilience in the Lives of Children of War ................................ 253 James Garbarino and Edmund Bruyere Contents ix 19 Evidence-Based Resilience-Enhancing Intervention Methods for Children Affected by Armed Conflict ................... 267 Kirsi Peltonen and Esa Palosaari Part VI Conclusion 20 Resilience in Children of War ..................................................... 287 Michel Ferrari and Chandi Fernando About the Editors ................................................................................. 303 Index ...................................................................................................... 305
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