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The present chapter presents the concept of resilience based on individuals’ resources and social vulnerability as a context of risk for child development and especially for brain development. The characteristics of resilient children and the possibilities of generating those resources in children at risk will be analyzed through the revision of two great works on resilience developed in Latin America. On the one hand, the study conducted by the Van Leer Foundation that involved four programs developed in three Andean zones (Chile, Peru and Argentina) and shantytowns in Maranhão, Brazil; and, on the other hand, another study developed with the support of CONICET and the Argentina Ministry of Science, Technology, and Productive Innovation, with children at high risk situations of urban marginality.
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Richaud de Minzi, M.C., Lemos, V.N. (2014). Promotion of Resiliency in Children in Social Vulnerability: An Approach from Positive Psychology. In: Castro Solano, A. (eds) Positive Psychology in Latin America. Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9035-2_11
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