Resiliency in childhood cancer survivors: A clinician’s perspective

Abstract

This chapter is organized to offer a clinically applicable framework in which to discuss the most effective ways of working with childhood cancer survivors and their parents in building and enhancing resiliency. The discussion involves the review of effective treatments and research which addresses the struggles and challenges of survivorship, identifying the protective factors and strengths which are most useful in dealing with adverse life situations, and theories that propose models for resiliency and adaptive functioning, combined with the wealth of information shared by survivors and family members within the clinical setting.