SBS

Living Loss Revisited 3: 'That strength-based approach': the ways First Nations Australians navigate grief

"I now started to ask the question: 'why did it happen and why did it happen so violently?' Psychopathic behaviours. And I found that griefology doesn't shame, blame, vilify, demonise." "You know, you ...
SBS

'That strength-based approach of our culture': the ways First Nations Australians navigate grief

"I now started to ask the question: 'why did it happen and why did it happen so violently?' Psychopathic behaviours. And I found that griefology doesn't shame, blame, vilify, demonise." "You know, you ...
Psychology Today

Reframing Risk: Strength-Based Approaches to Studying Immigrant Youth Development

In popular rhetoric, immigrant-origin youth are often seen for what they lack. Elements such as lower proficiency in the language of the host country and lack of economic security are what people ...
Community Care

How can we use strengths-based approaches in social work?

I was fortunate to attend a seminar thinking about strengths-based approaches to children and families social work. The seminar fed into to the report produced by SCIE, Leeds City Council and Shared ...
Community Care

'How these strengths-based questions transformed my social work practice'

A social worker with more than 20 years of experience reflects on how a strengths-based approach empowered a mother overwhelmed by despair to gain confidence and move forward Photo by Lumos ...