family resilience to promote positive child development

Understanding the biological, social, and emotional principles that affect families over their lifetime is important for human services professionals. In order to develop and deliver family services, it is necessary to recognize and understand various characteristics of family households and learn how they impact resiliency.

• Analyze the biosocial systems principle, “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” as it relates to family resilience. How does this impact the type of services that a human services professional should deliver?
• Provide a brief description of the RPM3 model and discuss the importance of modeling, mentoring, and monitoring in the development of family resilience.