Category 1
Define Resilience
Resilience is one's ability to overcome hardship and to mentally or emotionally cope with adverse situations.
What are resources we spoke about
Yakima family YWCA
Risk To Resilience
Yakima Housing authorities
What are ways to teach self care?
Healthy eating
Exercising
Resting
List symptoms of family stress
Less sleep
More yelling
Skipping family meals
Child withdrawals
Struggling at work
Everyone is under the weather
Anxious all time
Four Levels of Resilience
Family
Caregiving
Community
List reasons families may feel stress
Death
Divorce
Work/unemployment
Financial obligations
Moving/housing
Illness
School/education
Traumatic events
What characteristics are seen with family resilience?
Make meaning of crisis
maintain positive outlook
transcendence and spirituality
flexibility, connection
openly express emotion
collaborative problem solving
What does SMART stand for
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time specific.
List Ineffective Coping strategies
Avoidance
Smoking
Compulsive spending
Too much caffeine
Escaping
Binge drinking
Excessive sleeping
Becoming promiscuous
Change in eating habits
What are Family Stress Management Strategies
Identify stress cues
Self-care
Deep breathing/mindfulness
Sleep enough
Accept emotions and feelings
Consider other family members
Develop a support system
Get professional help
What characteristics are seen with individual resilience?
social support,
able to manage strong emotions
good problem-solving skills
asking for help and resources
seeing yourself as resilience
positive coping strategies
What is strength based philosophy?
Every client has strengths and those strengths should be taken into account when developing an intervention plan