I. Introduction.- 1. Translating Resilience Theory: Introduction; Sandra Prince-Embury, Donald H. Saklofske.- 2. Translating Resilience Theory for Assessment and Application with Children, Adolescents and Adults: Conceptual Issues; Sandra Prince-Embury.- II. Resilience and Children.- 3. Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents (RSCA): Theory, Research and Clinical Application; Sandra Prince-Embury.- 4. The Devereux Suite: Assessing and promoting resilience in children 1 month to 14 years; Paul M. LeBuffe, Katherine M. Ross, Jennifer L. Fleming, Jack A. Naglieri.- 5. Classroom and Peer Ecological Resilience: Practical Assessment for Intervention; Samuel Song, Beth Doll, Kelly Marth.- 6. Coaching Parents and Teachers to Develop and Enhance Resilient Mindsets in Children; Sam Goldstein, Robert Brooks, Melissa DeVries.- 7. Mental Health Promotion in the Schools: Supporting Resilience in Children and Youth; Barry Mallin, John R. Walker, Benjamin Levin.- 8. Resilience in Childhood Disorders; Emma A. Climie, Sarah M. Mastoras, Adam W. McCrimmon, Vicki L. Schwean.- III. Resilience, Youth and Adults.- 9. The Ego Resiliency Scale by Block and Kremen (1996) and Trait Ego; Sandra Prince-Embury.- 10. Perceived Self-Efficacy and Its Relationship to Resilience; Ralf Schwarzer, Lisa Marie Warner.- 11. Development and use of the Resilience Scale (TM) (RS) with middle and older Adults; Gail Wagnild.- 12. The Connors-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC); Sandra Prince-Embury.- 13. The Foundations of Resilience: What are the Critical Resources for Back from Stress? Brief Resilience Scale; Bruce W. Smith, Emmerson M. Epstein, J. Alexis Ortiz, Paulette J. Christopher, Erin M. Tooley.- 14. Young adult resiliency assessment: Validity studies of the RSCA-A and RSCA-A-R; Donald H. Saklofske, David W. Nordstokke, Sandra Prince-Embury, Tara Crumpler, Sarah Nugent, Ashley Vesely, Yvonne Hindes.- 15. Exploring Resilience through the Lens of Core Self-Evaluations; Diane C. Elliot, Pamela Kaliski, Jeremy Burrus, Richard D. Roberts.- 16. Resilience Revisited: Toward an Expanding understanding of Post Disaster Adaptation; Raymond F. Hanbury, Monica J. Indart.- 17. Community Level Resilience Intervention in a Post-Disaster Environment: The Three Mile Island Health and Environmental Information Series; Sandra Prince-Embury.- IV. Resilience, Cultural and Systemic Issues.- 18. A Measure of Resilience with Contextual Sensitivity: CRMY-28; Michael Unger, Linda Libenberg.- 19. Resilience in Kenyan Youth living in the Slums and Suburbs of Nairobi; Beverly Tignor, Sandra Prince-Embury.- 20. Cultural Considerations for Building Social-Emotional and Academic Resilience in Hispanic Bilingual Preschool Children; Geraldine V. Oades-Sese, Mark Kitzie, Christopher Velderman, Wai-Ling Rubic, Sarah Rutstein, Miles Waltuck.- 21. A Strengths-based Social Psychological Approach to Resilience: Cultural Diversity, Ecological and Lifespan Issues; Phillip Bowman.- 22. Bowen Systems Theory Applied to Systemic Resilience versus Vulnerability; Sandra Prince-Embury.- 23. Epilogue; Sandra Prince-Embury, Donald H. Saklofske.

Sandra Prince-Embury, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and family therapist serving children, adolescents and families for thirty years. In addition to clinical work, Dr. Prince-Embury taught at Pennsylvania State University and engaged in research on community response to technical disaster. Her work with residents of the Three Mile Island community is housed at the Dickenson College Archives in PA. Currently Director of the Resiliency Institute of Allenhurst, LLC, she is engaged in research, writing and consultation associated with her recently authored Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents (RSCA).

Donald. H. Saklofske, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Western University, Canada. His main research interests include intelligence, personality, and individual differences. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science.