Strengths Based Flashcards
T/F - strengths based originated in case management with people with severe mental health now developed within other populations
True
T/F - evolution comes from awareness of helping professions focus on pathology, deficits, problems, abnormalities, victimization and disorder (our natural inclination is to look at someone who is struggling is to look at their problems)
True
The what? is known to be a deficit mode) and associated business profit
Medical model
Elements of the Strengths Perspective do not ignore what?
the problems
A different lens means you want to see their capacities, talents, competencies, possibilities, visions, values and hopes what?
FIRST
Elements of the Strengths Perspective include an understanding of what resources? of the individual, family or community
internal and external resources
It’s not just being good at hockey its what?
it’s strengths on a deeper level / qualities i.e. commitment (why are you good at it, what qualities are you displaying)
T/F - Focusing on strengths is an overarching way to approach the helping process
true
T/F - Strengths-based language replaces deficit based language
true
Ideas of res, rebo, capa, pos, and transf are important
resilience, rebound, capability, possibility and transformation
Words have the power to what?
elevate or destroy
Strengths include: a, a, b, t and r
abilities, attributes, behaviors, thoughts and resources
T/F - Strengths based unites multiple mid-level theoretical constructs, and provides a unique problem-solving framework.
true
Social workers should help clients to what? strengths to aid in recovery, empower clients and build resilience
leverage
4 key elements to the strengths perspective are what?
Resilience
Hope
Empowerment
Self-Determination
What is the capacity to bounce back or recover from stressful situations
Resilience
With resilience we want to increase and decrease what?
increase protective factors (to increase the strength) to reduce the risk
What can be internal (coping strategies) or external (supportive people in one’s life)
Protective factors (part of resilience)
T/F - Research on developmental resilience challenges three dominant concepts about development:
There are fixed, inevitable, critical and universal stages of development
Childhood trauma inevitably leads to adult psychopathology, children can overcome trauma with protective factor
There are social conditions, interpersonal relationships and institutional arrangements that inevitably lead to problems in everyday functioning
true
a significant protective factor is a what?
steadfast, caring relationship with at least one adult
What is the belief that good things, rather than bad things, will happen
hope
T/F - There are two components of hope:
1) the internal belief that one can create a pathway to achieve personal goals
2) the internal belief that one can start and maintain progress toward one’s goals once the pathway is created
true
When hope is gone for a client they feel what?
feel pessimistic, depressed
hope is a big what?
Strength
What is when someone uses their resources to gain and use power to achieve goals, improve and control life circumstances, and positively contribute to one’s community
Empowerment
What becomes the identification of ways in which an individual can nurture their own well-being
empowerment
what is an individual’s right to make their own decisions, to actively participate in the helping process, and to lead lives of their own choosing.
Self determination
What is a belief is that individuals will experience growth when they are in situations that support autonomy, competence and positive relationships
self-determination
Personal q and s are sometimes created during trials and tribulations
qualities and strengths
T/F - cultural and personal stories and narratives are not important sources of strength
false
People who have overcome abuse and trauma often have what? buried under shame
“survivor’s pride”
how would you describe risk factors?
More risk = more ?
more risk factors = more struggle,
risk factors enhance likelihood of adaptive struggles and developmental outcomes
increase likelihood of rebounding from trauma and stress is what factor?
protective factor
T/F - Goal is to decrease risk and increase protective factors
true
Other factors include:
Community - considered over the past few years and can either be supportive or detrimental
Health and Wellness – mind-body connection, restorative power
Beliefs and Emotions – have impact on well-being
Health Realization and Community Empowerment – reconnect people to the health in themselves so then can then bring health to others in community
true
8 Tenets of Strengths Based Practice include what?
hint GO, AS, LC&ES, HI, A2C,C, T/ASOC&O, C2G&C
1) goal oriented
2) assessing strengths (avoid problem focus)
3) leverage client and environmental strengths for goal attainment
4) hope inducing
5) authority to choose
6) collaboration
7) trauma/adversity sources of challenge and opportunity
8) individual’s capacity to grow and change
1) goal oriented (What are their goals)
2) contains a means of assessing strengths (avoid problem focus)
3) sees the environment as rich in resources and explicit methods are used to leverage client and environmental strengths for goal attainment
4) the therapeutic relationship is hope inducing
5) the provision of meaningful choices is central and individuals have the authority to choose
6) collaboration with clients is essential to the helping process
7) underlying assumption that trauma/adversity etc. may be harmful but they may also be sources of challenge and opportunity
8) assumption that the worker does not know the upper limits of individual’s capacity to grow and change
T/ F - Strengths Assessment Questions are
What is the individual doing well?
What strengths are already present?
What positive goals does the individual have for their future?
What resources already exist?
What strengths can be leveraged in the current situation?
What barriers to overcome to achieve the goal?
true
T/F - When using a strengths assessment, you don’t fall into the trap of using the assessment to find which strengths are lacking and then only focus on trying to develop or fix the “lacked” strengths.
false, you can fall into that trap
T/F - when conducting a strengths assessment the worker must focus on what the individual is doing well, what strengths are identified as already being present, and what positive goals the individual has for their future.
true
What are 3 Criticisms of the Strengths Perspective
Positive thinking in disguise
Simply reframes deficits and misery
Ignores reality
T/F - Strengths based practice promote individual well-being and reduce social problems by building upon the strengths possesses by clients (e.g., capabilities, skills) and by the client systems in which clients interact (e.g., assets, resources).
true
Strengths-based practice is a metatheory
true
what emphasizes the role of strengths to both realize life goals and reduce problems and/or symptoms
Hint = SB practice
strengths based practice
By focusing on the strengths of the individual and the what?, the social worker can assess many aspects of social phenomena, including their inherent complexity and connectedness.
environment
T/F - Strengths-based social workers reflect authentic warmth; listen well; affirm the client’s perspective, hopes, and capacities to overcome any difficulties; and, whenever possible, share and generate power with their client.
true
Interventions are deliberate attempts to change the state of a P & E?
state of a person or an environment
T/F - Intervention planning should not be done in partnership with the client and/or the client’s caregivers.
false
