performance‚ my effectiveness and develop greater resilience. In 2013‚ the VA Corporate Executive Development Board competitively selected me‚ to attend the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) through VA’s VALU program. I applied for this program because I wanted to expand my knowledge and improve my performance. I believed participating in this program would assist me in developing specific competencies such as external awareness‚ resilience‚ strategic thinking‚ problem solving‚ and political
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The True Meaning of Resilience What is the definition of resilient to you? Flexible? Can adapt to any situation that person or thing is put in? How about Danielle Burt; a 30-year-old female surfer from San Diego who lost her leg in traumatic motorcycle accident. I read an article called‚ “First Female Above the Knee Amputee Surfer‚ Danielle Burt‚ Catches Wave‚” that tells the reader about how a young woman at the top of her game‚ hits rock bottom after a bad turn that changes her life. But Burt shows
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TDA 2.9: Supporting Children and Young People’s positive behaviour. 1.2. Describe with examples the importance of all staff consistently and fairly applying boundaries and rules for children and young people’s behaviour in accordance with the policies and procedures of the setting. Boundaries: These are the limits within which behaviour is acceptable or what may‚ and may not be done. Boundaries are there to guide children and young people’s behaviour in the setting and it is very important for
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When reading the article‚ "Where there’s a will‚ there’s a way‚" it talks about resilience. Resilience is when you adapt well physiologically after a tragic event or challenges (Harrington‚ 2012). What interested me the most were the five elements that Professor M.E.P Seligman used. These were like resources to help cope and overcome resilience in many different ways. The seven elements are the following: emotional‚ spiritual‚ social‚ family‚ and physical (Harrington‚ 2012). Emotional: Emotional
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Philosophy of Resilience: Development of Individuals‚ Families‚ and Social Systems Resilience has a different meaning to different people. Personally‚ I view resilience as a preventative approach as a result of inflicted threats. The concept affects the entire ecosystem which is outlined by Urie Bronfenbrenner; from the individual to the Macrosystem. The determination of resilient practices depends on the context in which it occurs. Historically‚ resilience has been labeled as a deficit-based approach
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Risk and Resilience When I think of a resilient person‚ what comes to mind is someone who can face the obstacles in their life head-on. These people can keep their cool when disaster strikes. Resilient people are able to utilize their skills and strengths to cope and recover from problems and challenges. There are various degrees of setbacks in our lives‚ some bigger or smaller than others. How we learn to cope and deal with these setbacks not only will attribute our outcome‚ but also our psychological
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control of valuable resources and greater social influences which are linked to better health‚ a longer life span and healthier children. (Bjorklund & Yunger‚ 2001). From a life history view‚ parental
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Promote the Wellbeing and Resilience of Children and Young People 1.1 explain the factors that influence the wellbeing of children and young people There are many factors that influence the wellbeing of children and young people. Some of these are evident in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. A child should have the ability to have secure and nurturing attachments that offer emotional warmth and security from a care giver. This will offer security and safety to the young person. As well as secure
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automatically re-enact what she did that eleventh time‚ and not the first ten. 9. School performance improves in kids with poor sleep because of obstructive sleep apnea after it has been treated. 10. Studies using MR spectroscopy to compare healthy children to those with long-standing obstructive sleep apnea have shown that those with the sleep apnea have certain‚ specific patterns of brain injury not seen in the healthy kids. 11. When kids sleep well‚ their parents’ sleep improves‚ too‚ doing wonders
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UNIT 1 CHCFC301A Support the development of children v Support the development of children v Support the physical development of children v Support the social development of children v Support the emotional and psychological development of children of the same age v Support the language development of children v Support the creative development of children v Support the cognitive development of children This unit describes the knowledge and skills required by Early Childhood Educators
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