Tean A Strength Based Approaches 1

Strength-Based
Approaches

BSHS/345
Team A
Catherine Snowden
Kimberly Dailey
Pamela Light
Instructor: Seanee Alexander

Introduction
• As a Human Service Worker, the goal is finding solutions faced by diverse communities
• Defining an individualized, strength-based approach
• Strength-based practice involves a shift from a deficient approach
• Acknowledges each family 's unique set of strengths
• Engages the family as a partner

LGBT

LGBT

Asian American Population

Asian American Population

Conclusion
• Traditional practices, focusing only on what was wrong with the client, results in a punitive and stigmatizing approach and often produces passive and resistant responses from clients.
• Early intervention and mental health providers have found that a family-centered, strengthbased approach is associated with increased service engagement. References
• Cultural Barriers to Effective Communication (2005).
Retrieved from http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/problem/cultrbar. htm
• Diller, J. (2011). Cultural diversity. Belmont, CA:
Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.

References: • Cultural Barriers to Effective Communication (2005). Retrieved from http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/problem/cultrbar. htm • Diller, J. (2011). Cultural diversity. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.