Michael Ungar|Patrick Russell|Gerry Connelly
School-Based Interventions to Enhance the Resilience of Students
Dalhousie University|Learning Partnership
scoping review programs targeting middle school students suggests resilience seldom result interventions within schools alone single system provides services studentsinstead resilience shown multidimensional construct involving exposure risk access multiple internal external resourcesbased scoping review outcomes 36 interventions highlight elements successful programs vulnerable students reasons programs appear less effective negative impactless successful programs tended include cultural component show sensitivity contextual variations among students like size community access services supports economic status childs familythe biases funders researchers educators also influence choice resiliencepromoting intervention made available school rather specific needs targeted student populationwe conclude several recommendations effective interventions students implications findings evaluation program outcomes