Strengths based approach

The 5 Column Plan - Strengths Based Approach

Before I outline how to create your own One Page Profile for your child, I wanted to share with you why I think this concept is so important for our children. About 5 years ago I attended a learning session on how to create a Person Centered Plan and the One Page Profile. Roberta Dunn, the Founder of FACT was leading the session and it was so eye opening for me. Person Centered Planning is a positive, strengths-based approach to mapping out your child’s future. Your child's team comes…

PROMOTING DEVELOPMENTAL STRENGTHS A Strength-Based Approach is a positive psychology perspective that emphasizes the strengths,capabilities and resources of a youth. A Strength-Based paradigm requi…

Strength-based interventions are used to focus on positive attributes.

A strength-based approach to therapy involves clients and therapists working together to use a client’s assets and abilities to instill a sense of purpose and happiness.1 Underlying a strengths-based approach is the belief that how people deal with challenges depends on their view of themselves and whether they see their strengths or their weaknesses. Because

Too often marginalized populations (e.g., some populations of people of color, students from lower economic communities) are approached with a deficit model. Attempts are made to instill in these…

Instead of focusing on the deficits of English language learners, what if we held up their cultures, languages, unique skills, and life experiences as assets?

Creating a strength based approach to educators in your team can help build relationships and communication.