Protective Factors for Youth Involved in Systems of Care

Institution	Center for the Study of Social Policy; National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ)
Titel	Protective Factors for Youth Involved in Systems of Care
Quelle	(2022), (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Youth; Resilience (Psychology); Interpersonal Competence; Emotional Intelligence; Personality; Peer Relationship; Parent Child Relationship; Religious Factors; Community Influence; Social Influences; Child Welfare; Social Services; Juvenile Justice + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Emotionale Intelligenz; Personalität; Peer-Beziehungen; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Sozialer Einfluss; Kindeswohl; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Jugendgerichtshilfe
Abstract	This report examines the importance of intentionally and actively targeting protective factors, in addition to risk factors, in an effort to promote healthy development and well-being in youth involved in systems of care. Protective factors are conditions and characteristics of individuals, interpersonal relationships, communities, and the larger society that are associated with decreased chances of negative outcomes and increased chances of positive outcomes. Key research- and practice-informed protective factors in each domain of the social ecology are described and recommended actions to build protective factors are provided. Individual domain protective factors of focus are resilience, social and emotional competencies, and character strengths. Core relational domain protective factors are positive peer connectedness, peer norms, connectedness with parents and other significant adults, and spiritual connectedness. Protective factors included in the community domain are safe, stable, nurturing, and equitable environments; engagement in social institutions; and the availability, accessibility, and provision of concrete supports. The societal domain protective factors refer to systems-level policies, priorities, and procedures that create and sustain the context for healthy youth development and well-being and the developmentally appropriate and equitable treatment of all youth. Strengthening protective factors of youth involved in systems of care is essential because protective factors help to mitigate the effects of youths' stressful life events and other risk factors, maximize their potential, better navigate difficult circumstances, and put them on a trajectory that leads to positive and productive life outcomes. [This report is one in a series about improving outcomes for youth involved in systems of care. For three other reports in this series, see "Breaking the Stigma and Changing the Narrative: Strategies for Supporting Expectant and Parenting Youth Involved in Systems of Care" (ED617196); "Promoting the Well-Being of Black, Native, Latinx, and Asian Youth Involved in Systems of Care" (ED617198); and "Shifting the Perceptions and Treatment of Black, Native, and Latinx Youth Involved in Systems of Care" (ED617199).] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01