Resiliency - Principles of Care
- Resiliency is a belief and faith that all children, youth, and families have strengths and are capable of overcoming challenges.
- All children have the right to hope and success starting at birth and lasting a lifetime.
- All communities and systems have a responsibility and make a commitment to nurture resiliency with all children.
- Youth and families are experts in their experiences.
- Youth and families have voice and choice in services & supports.
- A resiliency-oriented mental health system is sensitive to culture, community, and the values of the individual youth and family.
- Services and supports are individualized, flexibly delivered, and tailored to meet the unique needs of the youth and family.
- A resiliency-oriented mental health system is affirming of youth and family where they are with unconditional acceptance.
- In a resiliency-oriented mental health system, supports and services focus on promoting resiliency, while reducing risks and stabilizing symptoms.
- A resiliency-oriented mental health system provides access to a complete continuum of care that addresses mental health promotion, education, and intervention across developmental ages and stages.
- A resiliency-oriented mental health system invests in our youth as our most valuable resources.
- Efforts to implement a resiliency-oriented mental health system need to be imbedded in a community structure that supports them and sustains their effects.