Against Terrible Odds: Lessons in Resilience from Our Children - Softcover

Levine MD, Saul; Ion, Heather Wood

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0923521488 ISBN 13: 9780923521486

Publisher: Bull Publishing Company, 2000

Synopsis

The media thrives on stories of children at risk, and conventional wisdom relegates such children to failure. Challenging these characterizations, the authors show how 12 traumatized children developed into productive, caring, and responsible adults.

About this title

From the Publisher:

additional pre-publication puff quote:

In the practice of medicine, a study of a single case history often contributes the most powerful and useful insights into difficult clinical problems. Dr. Sol Levine, in Against Terrible Odds: Lessons in Resilience from Our Children, describes the personal stories of ten children and adolescents who discover their own humanity and individuality despite early childhood experiences that were physically and emotionally devastating. Understanding the path that leads to resilience---"the ability to rebound from loss and discouragement"---is the theme of each personal story. As a pediatrician, I found these case studies both life-affirming and extraordinarily useful guides in my work among children and adolescents with developmental, physical and psychological disabilities.

Martin T. Stein, MD Professor of Pediatrics University of California San Diego Children’s Hospital San Diego Past President Society for Developmental and Behavior Pediatrics Co-author, Encounters with Children: Pediatric Behavior and Development

About the Author:

Saul Levine, MD, is the author of four books and numerous professional articles. He is the director of psychiatry and behavioral science programs at Children's Hospital in San Diego. Heather Wood Ion is a writer, cultural anthropologist, and bioethicist. She is a consultant and frequent speaker on improved health care delivery systems.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bull Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0923521488
• ISBN 13: 9780923521486
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300