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Michael Ungar

Michael Ungar, Ph.D. is the author of seven books and more than 60 articles and book chapters. His works include We Generation: Raising Socially Responsible Kids, Too Safe for their Own Good: How Risk and Responsibility Help Teens Thrive, Playing at Being Bad: The Hidden Resilience of Troubled Teens and Strengths-based Counselling with At-risk Youth.

He has practiced for over 25 years as a Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist with children and families in child welfare, mental health, educational and correctional settings. Now a Professor at the School of Social Work, at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, he leads an international team of resilience researchers that spans more than a dozen countries on six continents. In addition to his research and writing interests, Dr. Ungar maintains a small family therapy practice for troubled children, youth and their families. He lives in Halifax with his partner and their two teenaged children.

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Pathways to Resilience conference - June 2010 - Canada
Lyn and Ruth had an amazing time attending this conference at Dalhousie University in Halifax (on the east coast of Canada). We met a wonderful array of people who are doing remarkable work around the world, researching resilience and implementing life changing programs with young people.

Accredited Training Bathurst - February 17th-18th 2011
JUST ANNOUNCED - the Resilience Doughnut Accredited Training course will be held in Bathurst in February 2011. We are passionate about taking training to regional Australia. Contact us to express your interest in attending!

Building Resilient Kids - Wed Sep 1st and 8th 2010 - Sydney
These seminars will be helpful to parents and others who work with or support children. Week one will cover 'The Resilience Doughnut' and week two's topic is 'Negotiating the Peer Group'. You can attend one or both evenings.

Mental Health and Wellbeing of Young People - Fri Sep 10th 2010 - Sydney
Lyn Worsley will be presenting at this one day workshop for professionals, alongside of other experts in the youth mental health field, such as Paul Dillon and Michael Carr-Greg. Lyn Worsley will be presenting on "Resilience Strategies for Young People".

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