Is supported through relationships and social networks
Is culturally based and influenced
Is supported by addressing trauma
Involves individual, family and community strengths and responsibility
Is based on respect
Emerges from hope and gratitude
Exists on a continuum of improved health and wellness
Involves a process of healing and redefinition for self and family
Involves addressing discrimination and transcending shame and stigma
Involves a personal recognition of the need for change and transformation.
Resiliency:
Resiliency is an innate capacity, that when facilitated and nurtured, empowers people to successfully meet life's challenges with a sense of self-determination, mastery and hope.
Resiliency is a belief that all people have strengths and are capable of overcoming challenges.
Everyone has the right to hope and success, starting at birth and lasting a lifetime.
People are recognized and acknowledged as experts in their own experiences.
A resiliency-oriented approach is sensitive to culture, community and values of the individual.