255: The Role of Resilience in Prevention with Dr. Brenda Navarrete

Dr. Sandie Morgan and Dr. Brenda Navarrete discuss the importance of building resilience in children as it can play a key role in prevention. They consider the characteristics that can be built in kids as protective factors to the challenging and difficult environments they face and how resilience can be taught at any age.
Brenda Navarrete, PhD


Dr. Navarrete provides therapeutic services and educational workshops at Alabaster Jar Project, a drop-in resource center and long-term residential program for women who have survived human trafficking and sexual exploitation in San Diego County.  She serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Global Center for Women and Justice at Vanguard University for their Anti-Human Trafficking Certificate.  She earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Culture and Diversity Studies from Loma Linda University.  Dr. Navarrete’s clinical and training background includes assessment, evaluation, and therapeutic services in hospital, community mental health, residential, and juvenile detention settings.  She served as the Director of Clinical Training at Argosy University and has taught graduate psychology at various universities in Southern California.  She has promoted mental health awareness and facilitated program development for her local community and internationally in Rwanda and Honduras.  Dr. Navarrete served as the former president of the Inland Psychological Association.  Her research interests include social justice, human trafficking, gender equality and the academic achievement of at-risk youth. She has presented her research at professional conferences both locally and abroad.
Key Points

Resilience is what allows children to bounce back when faced with difficult situations and environments.
Resilience in children can be a key protective factor in human trafficking.
Children and adults can be taught resilience at any stage in their life.
Parents, teachers, and individuals in children's lives all play a role in building resilience in the youth around them.
Some of the key characteristics of resilience discussed are: unconditional love, high expectations, competence, tenacity, connection, and coping.

Resources

Alabaster Jar Project
Smart Mama’s, Safe Kids – Parent Training
Ensure Justice Conference – March 4-5, 2022
Coping Strategies - PPT from Parent Training Presentation
The Predictive 6-Factor Resilience Scale: Neurobiological Fundamentals and Organizational Applications (Rossouw, P. & Rossouw, J., 2016)
Anti-Human Trafficking Certificate

Transcript
Dave [00:00:00] You're listening to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast. This is episode number 255, The Role of Resilience in Prevention with Dr. Brenda Navarrete.

Production Credits [00:00:11] Produced by Innovate Learning, maximizing human potential.

Dave [00:00:31] Welcome to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast. My name is Dave Stachowiak.

Sandie [00:00:36] And my name is Sandie Morgan.

Dave [00:00:39] And this is the show where we empower you to study the issues, be a voice, and make a difference in ending human trafficking. Sandie, always a pleasure to be with you. And today I'm so glad to welcome to the show another member of our team here at Vanguard University, part of our instruction team. So glad to introduce to you Dr. Brenda Navarrete. She provides therapeutic services and educational workshops at Alabaster Jar Project, a drop-in resource center and long-term residential program for women who have survived human trafficking and sexual exploitation in San Diego County. She also serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Global Center for Women and Justice here at Vanguard University and has taught graduate psychology at various universities in Southern California. Her clinical background includes assessment, evaluation, and therapeutic services in hospital community mental health, residential and juvenile detention settings. Brenda,