Resilience and children

Postgraduate Certificate in Learning Mentoring

ECSSNM105

WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES


MISS HENNA NAQVI


ALEXANDRA HIGH SCHOOL

OCTOBER 2003



“How important is the concept of resilience in meeting the needs of children with emotional and behavioural difficulties and how may it be promoted by schools in a supportive context?”

In the course of writing this essay, I have read several articles on research about emotional and behavioural difficulties – many of them say the same thing, which is that it is difficult to give a clear, concise definition for this term. However I feel it is important to further explore children’s emotional and behavioural difficulties in order to gain an understanding of these issues, before applying the concept of resilience in meeting their needs.
The DFE Circular 9/94 states that “emotional and behavioural difficulties lie on the continuum between behaviour which...