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      • Introduction
      • Learning outcomes
      • 1 Why is resilience important?
        • 1.1 Defining resilience
      • 2 Adversity
        • 2.1 Disruptive behaviour in adversity
      • 3 Born or made resilient?
        • 3.1 The brain, neuroplasticity and resilience
        • 3.2 Fostering resilience
      • 4 Resilience in schools
      • 5 This session’s quiz
      • 6 Summary of Session 5
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      • References
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Further reading

Association for Young People’s Health (2016): A public health approach to promoting young people’s resilience: A guide to resources for policy makers, commissioners, and service planners and providers
stem4 (Supporting teenage mental health): Resilience
Local action on health inequalities: Building children and young people’s resilience in schools
Young Minds: Childhood adversity, substance misuse and young people’s mental health
Centre for Mental Health: Briefing 54 Trauma, challenging behaviour and restrictive interventions in schools
Emotionally Healthy Schools: Resilience
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