From Risk to Resilience: Unlocking Protective Factors in Adolescents Within the Home, School and Across Community

Disruptive behavior in youth is often punished or pathologized, but rarely understood. From Risk to Resilience shifts the focus from control to connection, showing how protective factors such as people, places, and processes, anchor young people and help them thrive.

Drawing on years of clinical practice, research, and real-world insight, Dr. Tyree D. Brinson reveals how families, schools, peers, and communities can buffer risk and multiply resilience. With practical tools and powerful perspectives, this book equips caregivers, teachers, clinicians, and advocates to build systems of support that foster strength, belonging, and hope.