How do children overcome hazardous experiences to succeed in life? What can be done to protect young people at risk from trauma, war, disasters, and other adversities? Learn about the importance of fostering resilience in children at risk.
During this course, participants will: learn how trauma can affect children and the systems they depend on, gain insight into core concepts, research methods and lessons learned in last 50 years of resilience research, learn how research is being applied in the real world through interventions that promote resilience, and engage in discussions with others who are working with children at risk around the world Participants are welcome to take the MOOC at no cost or to register for a Course Certificate ($49). Those who register and earn a Course Certificate from Coursera also are eligible to sign up for continuing education clock hours through the University of Minnesota. Participants can earn 10 clock hours of continuing education credit (added cost $99) from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. Go here http://z.umn.edu/1a5q to register for continuing education clock hours for completing this course.
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This a great course on resilience. Although it is skewed to child development, the principles can be applied to other levels social and political dynamics.
YS
Wonderful and very well-detailed research-based course about resilience in children. Learned a lot from the splendid instructor. Very detailed and empowering course. Highly recommended.
CG
Very informative but the lectures do get boring after a while. If you are interested in the topic you will have no problem completing the course.
AG
It is a fundamental course for me, as a Social Worker it helps me a lot in helping children to be resilient exposed to trauma, disaster and war. Thank you
CS
Fantastic course, I team training others in an organisation on Trauma and Adverse child experiences, so to see and hear so much current research really supported my work.
T
Prof Ann Masten provides detailed and comprehensive information of resilience, the protective and promotive factors of resilience and the interventions that can be used.
JP
I enjoyed the course, but it needed more depth, possibly in treatments and outcomes. The lectures were kind of long and windy, but informative.
AO
Thank you so much, Professor Masten. I'm happy that I came across your course as I discovered that I want to use my talents and passion to promote wellness in my community.
NJ
It was an excellent course in case of resilience in children. A sensitive topic which has been described nicely with lots of case studies and example.
GG
Special Thanks to Coursera for presenting this valuable course and Thanks to pro. Ann Masten for this so useful and applied and so valuable course.
UB
I felt that at many points, the course focused on bluntly conveying facts more than making the videos engaging. There should be more interesting interactions.
DO
Excellent course. Very useful when  working with children and young people whose lives have been affected by trauma .
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Creo que la Resiliencia es un término que poco a poco se está haciendo mas conocido y que realmente es interesante poder motivar y trabajar en los niños y adolescentes para potenciar esa capacidad de avanzar y luchar a pesar de las adversidades. Me ha encantado el curso!
This is a fantastic course! Extremely interesting material superbly delivered! Inspiring, useful and thought provoking. Would definitely recommend.
Gives a very good overview of resilience and offers a broad spectrum of resources. The lectures are well structred, but a bit lengthy.
Some of the data is outdated and very focused on the US. It would be nice to see some more recent and global examples in an updated version of the course.
Great course. although please stop telling us all of the readings take 10 mins when they really take like an hour or longer..
The course covers the subject very systematically from the inception of the study of resilience up to the recent advances. Interviews with the pioneers of the field give a wonderful perspective of the field.
The slides and lectures complement each other perfectly, the lecture videos are of optimal duration. The suggested videos are very carefully chosen and give a lot of food for thought.
The quiz questions reinforce the concepts learned in the lectures. It is especially useful to have the checklist quiz where one marks all the items that one has completed e.g. filling surveys, joining discussions etc.
This course has been very helpful to me. Thankyou for the effort that must have gone into making it.
This course was amazing. I liked the topics covered. They were all very relevant. Professor Masten was also extremely professional in delivering the course content. I wish she had a full Masters course online. I would gladly undertake it under her tutelage.
Professor Masten was great to listen to and made things quite clear throughout the course. I learned a lot and am already thinking of ways to support my community during this COVID-19 pandemic, especially the children that I work with.
I really appreciate studying this course, RESILIENCE IN CHILDREN EXPOSED TO TRAUMA, DISASTER AND WAR, and I would recommend it for all teachers especially early year teacher because it helps in understanding your learners better.
Amazing course! It can inspire every professional who is interested in trauma- informed approach or who is working with populations experiencing traumas.
Thank You Ann Masten and teaching team, and U of Minnesota for so generously providing this learning materials on resilience. It’s a comprehensive, well designed and lovingly executed. I learned so much in such a short time, truly invaluable set of resources. It strengthened my approach and practice, gave me so many pathways to resilience so I can in turn help the children where I live. Certainly an empowering course. Well done and thank you again!!
I really loved this MOOC! I learned a lot about resilience in general and in children, in particular. Doctor Masten has put together a well documented course including a vast array of research, has included numerous interviews with well renowned scientists and also videos with famous resilient people and their stories. This MOOC was more than I expected an I recommended with all my heart.
I really enjoyed the course, especially because I learned a lot. I felt the lecture videos could have been more engaging. Sometimes I got more from the slides than the professor, but also sometimes the slides were so small in the videos. The professor at times seemed to use vague language that left one guessing at more specific meaning. The closed captions often had errors and there were resource links that were broken or missing. Having 5 distractors for the MCQs was also challenging - a quiz should test knowledge, not frustrate and confuse the learner - so four distractors would be better. Last, some resources had no closed captions or transcripts which is not just problematic for people who really needs such aids but also difficult for someone like me who can see but relies a lot on such adaptive aids. The professor is clearly an expert (her journal articles were quite clear in concept compared to her lectures) and also passionate and experienced in her field, so I felt good knowing I was learning from such a person.
Dr. Masten did a masterfully presented the range of historical to cutting edge elements within the study of resilience. Her easy manner and deep understanding of the topic combined with films, academic articles, anecdotes, and interviews of leading researchers imade this course both an accessible and top-notch. I looked forward to each week's unfolding lessons and insights. Well done!
Interesting and useful materials, a lot of real examples and interviews, classes are systematized in a very organic way which is easy to follow, presentations that supplement videos highlight the most important things, and the language and speech is very clear even for non-English speakers. For those who want to go deeper there are a lot of additional readings on the topics.
Dr. Masten and her team did an amazing job bringing relevant dialogue and information to us! I really appreciate this opportunity! I am applying to ASU Doctorate in Innovation and Leadership in Education program and wanted to see if my mind is ready to go back to school! Thank you for revving up my mind passion and clearing my vision for next steps.
It was an excellent course that I thoroughly enjoyed. I was wishing it would never end really... Thank you to Professor Masten and all her colleagues as well as to the many professionals who were inteviewed and to the truly, inspiring and resilient people from across the world we had the honour to watch and listen to. Thank you again for everything!
Congratulation to Professor Ann S. Masten and to her team. They have done so well ! For me this course is a very useful and inspiring peace of work that will help learners have a totally different look on some of the phenomenons happening in people lives around us. It will help interventions be more effective for future beneficiaries.
The course is offered from a Professor with a long experience on the topic, in a structured and easy to follow manner, with real storied that really got my attention. Overall I can now safely say that, after having attended the course, that I have managed to understand such an elusive, to me at least, subject. Thank you
Whew! We covered a lot of good information. Watched many, many videos and in the end I feel so much more empowered with the newly acquired knowledge. Professor Masten delivered a great class and her knowledge and passion for this subject is readily observed in her delivery of the material. I was a great class.
An excellent introduction to resilience in children affected by war, terrorism and disaster. I appreciated very much the opportunity to meet (virtually) many experts in the field including the course instructor Dr. Masten as well as getting to know about many forums and centers related to this field. Very timely.