At the heart of the PAR Model is the concept of resiliency. This concept applies to all five bodies. Resiliency is defined as the capacity of a body to withstand infection, trauma and toxicity as well as the range of healthy responses available to that body to deal with the infection, trauma and toxicity. The greater the capacity and range, the greater the resiliency and the stronger the immune system.
The graphic below illustrates the relationship between capacity, range and resiliency.
One of the goals of developing healthy human beings is to increase the capacity and range of all five bodies. For example, offenders in the criminal/justice setting can be very sensitive to being disrespected. This suggests low resiliency to verbal challenges and other threats to those with low self-regard.
The PAR Model uses a process to assess resiliency. Called "Risk-Resiliency Mapping," this process assists both in understanding the risk and resiliency dynamics of an individual or population, and also in developing responses to lower risk and increase resiliency (the "violence immune system"). The illustration below is an example of a Risk - Resiliency Map (you can view the full map — see below).
To view the full map (PDF file), click here or on the Risilency & Risk Map illustration above.
NOTE: When viewing the PDF file, you can zoom in to view the details.
