How to Build Resilience in Children
 
Maggie Dent is an Australian author, publisher, speaker, and consultant specializing in building personal and professional resilience. She is also a transpersonal therapist with an extensive background in education and palliative care. The founder of Esteem Plus, an international business offering counseling, training and educational services, Maggie focuses on building emotional, social and spiritual competency by giving tools and skills that build resilience in a commonsense and practical way. In addition to being the mother of four sons, Maggie is the author of Saving our Children From Our Chaotic World: Teaching Children the Magic of Silence and Stillness; Nurturing Kids' Hearts and Souls: Building Emotional, Social and Spiritual Competencies; Real Kids in an Unreal World: How to Build Resilience and Self-Esteem in Today's Children, and Black Duck Wisdom. (www.maggiedent.com)
 
Topics include:

• Why resilience is so important for today's children and families
   
  
• Why a compliant child could be at risk in today's world
   
  
• A 10 building block model of how to build resilience in children
   
  
• Why laughter is an important protective factor in building resilience
   
  
• How parents can support the healthy development of a sense of
   
  humor