About this course: How do children overcome hazardous experiences to succeed in life? What can be done to protect young people at risk from trauma, war, disasters, and other adversities? Learn about the importance of fostering resilience in children at risk. During this course, participants will: learn how trauma can affect children and the systems they depend on, gain insight into core concepts, research methods and lessons learned in last 50 years of resilience research, learn how research is being applied in the real world through interventions that promote resilience, and engage in discussions with others who are working with children at risk around the world Participants are welcome to take the MOOC at no cost or to register for a Course Certificate ($49). Those who register and earn a Course Certificate from Coursera also are eligible to sign up for continuing education clock hours through the University of Minnesota. Participants can earn 10 clock hours of continuing education credit (added cost $99) from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. Go here http://z.umn.edu/1a5q to register for continuing education clock hours for completing this course.

Created by: University of Minnesota

Taught by: Ann S. Masten, Ph.D., LP, Regents Professor, Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Development
Institute of Child Development

Language	English
How To Pass	Pass all graded assignments to complete the course.
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Syllabus

WEEK 1

Week 1: Origins and Landmark Studies in the Science of Resilience in Children

The first module of this course provides an introduction to the course and to the science of resilience. Video lectures discuss the meaning of resilience and the origins of resilience science. Participants will begin to think about case examples of resilience ...

6 videos, 7 readings

Graded: Self-Report for Completing Active Learning Assignment 1

Graded: Week 1 Quiz

WEEK 2

Week 2: Methods and Models of Research on Resilience (including case studies)

This module highlights the models and methods used in resilience science, including person-focused methods and variable-focused methods. The case study of Dr. Maddaus continues and the case of resilience in early childhood is presented.

9 videos, 5 readings

Graded: Case study of Mike Maddaus: Self-report for Completing Active Learning Assignment 2

Graded: Week 2 Quiz

WEEK 3

Week 3: Effects on Children of Natural and Technological Disasters

This module focuses on what has been learned from research on children who experience disasters, including the effects on children and patterns of recovery. Participants will watch a video interview with an expert on children in disaster and additional videos ...

6 videos, 6 readings

Graded: Disaster: Self-report for Completing Active Learning Assignment 3

Graded: Week 3 Quiz

WEEK 4

Week 4: Resilience in Children Exposed to War and Political Violence

This module highlights what has been learned about the effects of war, terror, and political violence on children and youth. What are the effects of these violent experiences on young people? What has been learned about resilience? We will examine the provocat...

8 videos, 5 readings

Graded: Week 4 Quiz

WEEK 5

Week 5: Roles of Families, Schools, Culture, and Community in Promoting Resilience of Children

This module summarizes the findings on protective factors for resilience in children. Professor Masten presents her ideas about the adaptive systems that account for most of the capacity for resilience in children, what she has called “ordinary magic.” The rol...

11 videos, 5 readings

Graded: Protective factors around the world: Self-report for Completing Active Learning Assignment 4

Graded: Week 5 Quiz

WEEK 6

Week 6: A Resilience Framework for Action, Enduring Controversies, and New Horizons in the Study of Resilience

In video lectures this final week of the course, Professor Masten presents a general resilience framework for designing interventions and programs to promote resilience. She also discusses enduring controversies in the study of resilience and new frontiers, in...

11 videos, 3 readings

Graded: Week 6 Quiz

Graded: Final

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Course was very interesting and I really enjoyed.

Great course! Very informative and inspirational. Active learning, interractive forum discussions, interesting resources: readings and videos - everything was very interesting and ernriching.

Studing Resilience from multicultural aproach has been an amazing experience. I absolutly recomend this kind of courses, no just because the academic learning, but because the chance to share knowledge and opinions in discussion with people from world wide

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Resilience in Children Exposed to Trauma, Disaster and War: Global Perspectives

Resilience in Children Exposed to Trauma, Disaster and War: Global Perspectives

Resilience in Children Exposed to Trauma, Disaster and War: Global Perspectives