Strength Based Principles: Case Study

In Australia suicide is the leading cause of death among young people (Khan & Francis, 2015). According to an Australian national survey conducted, 7.3 million or 43% of Australians between the ages of 16 & 85 will experience some form of mental health related condition during their lifetime. This may include anxiety, depression and drug misuse. Mental health issues are also very costly for the healthcare system. These issues are costing the Australian government alone, more than 6 billion dollars per year (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2013). To help reduce these costs, more education and promotion needs to be provided when caring for an adolescent with mental health issues, and strength-based models of care need

Strength is that part of your intellect or nervous system that is more effective and productive than other parts. Throughout your experience of life, your actions or reactions drive different thoughts, behavior and emotion in your brain. The requests that are processed more efficiently and rapidly are known as your strengths. Nowadays, strengths-based approaches to work and life are gaining a lot of popularity and often they are used to improve leadership and create more productive and efficient work teams.

Tony grew up with to the best upbringing and home life. When he was younger his father left him and his family behind and he has not had ay contact with

In “The Great Gilly Hopkins” Gilly Hopkins is a foster child that is very stubborn and yet brave. She has had some tough times in her foster homes and tries to mess up all of them somehow because she is determined her mother is going to come get her one day. Her social worker, Miss. Ellis, brought Gilly to her new foster home with Maime Trotter and her foster son, William Earnest (W.E.). Maime is a very “different” foster parent that is extremely loving. W.E. is very shy, small, and nearsighted. One day Gilly got a postcard in the mail from her birth mother. Gilly ran away to go see her and was being brave. Once she got to the train station the police came and brought her back to her foster home. A while back Gilly wrote a letter that was all

single mothers, who pay reduced fees”. In addition to this, both Gilbert and her ex-husband

Poverty also has detrimental effects on families. Poor children possess a greater risk for iron deficiency, stunted growth, and asthma. “For parents struggling to raise a child, poverty adds extensive stress to the family” (Driscoll). As a result of constantly working, Jurgis rarely spends time with his son, Antanas. However, when he suffers an injury he finally gets this opportunity, “So Jurgis would begin to forget and be happy, because he was in a world where there was a thing so beautiful as the smile of little Antanas” (Sinclair 134-135). While the family remains intact, they do not remain that way for very long. Jonas leaves the family before long, and eventually Jurgis leaves the family as well. “‘No’, she answered, ‘I don’t blame you. We never have--any of us. You did your best--the job was too much for us’” (Sinclair 332). Marija clearly gave up hope for their family long ago.

“ so what's wrong with you.” i found this picture of gassy. In Dr. martinez's office. I am not the leader for nothing. I mean, i'm the oldest, smart, strong, fast and determined. I’m the decision maker. (33) Max know she is the leader and is the one to make the calls but she might not want to be the leader all the time. As seen above these are just some of the reasons that max does not know that family is the most important thing in life. In the middle of the book max starts to learn that family is the most important thing in life because it motivates you to do things for them.

As if his stress was not enough, he was given the challenge of Loretta and her children to help get them on their feet. He copes with his stress by his gentle teaching, telling stories his family can be connected to, and hope that his influence and desire for the family to remain strong rubs off on his nuclear and extended family.

Rather than focusing on what the child can’t do, focus on what he can do. Recognising that the child has the initiative to take on experiences that empowers his development. Implementing inclusive, strengths based activities exercises the way children can recognise their competencies, this also involves the relationships you entitle with parents and fellow educators to aid the child's development. Partnerships offer valuable insights in regards to finding information about the child, it is important that when working together that opinion, perspectives and decisions are equally valued and respected.

This example of a family’s interesting dynamics that come about can be seen in a show called, “The Fosters.” In this show, the Foster family lives in San Diego where Stef Foster and Lena Adams (in later seasons being Lena Adams-Foster) parent five children, four of them being foster children and one coming from a previous marriage. The children’s names are Brandon (17yrs old), who is the oldest, Mariana (16) and Jesus (16), who are twins that were adopted after Stef and Lena got together, and Callie (17) and Jude (13) who are siblings that both got adopted. Stef is the birth mother of Brandon, coming from a previous relationship with another charater named Mike.

Ms. Peters explained that strength-based therapy is used to help clients build positive qualities (C. Peters, personal communication, February 3, 2016). In application, the therapist helps the patient become aware of hidden strengths. The strength-based cognitive behavioral therapy (SBCBT) model can be used to develop positive human qualities like resilience, patience, . . . Patient-generated imagery and metaphors serve as powerful tools to remind the patient to employ the newly developed positive quality. Thus, it gives the patient the ability to cope and deploy their developed quality without referencing a problematic disorder like depression, anxiety, or anger issues. Therefore, it instills the strength to adapt and bounce back by using

One of the most influential characters in Middlesex was Tessie, Callie/Cal’s mother. Tessie had many roles in shaping Callie’s development, both social and physical. One of the first instances of Tessie’s influence on her daughter began when Tessie was being raised by her own mother. In Book Two, Chapter Five the author describes the

First of all, Sophie has three children who is age of two, seven and eight; therefore Sophie is having a difficult time to take care them. However, she already

Problem solving approach is a traditional and foundational aspect of general Social Work practice. It is based on identifying a problem or set of problems facing a client and formulating a framework of possible options with the hope of fixing the problem or improving the situation. Although, the worker may guide the client and inform them of the possibilities and options available, the client is still solely responsible for their own choices and actions. The formal application of this principle is the definition, assessment, setting of goals, intervention and resolution.

Tennille’s children are most important to her because she was raised without a mom, so she wants to always be there for her kids and for them to know she will always be there for them no matter what, she raises her kids to know what’s right and wrong, and to have morals. She’s extra protective over her kids, and she thinks it’s because she never had her mom to be protective over her. Tennille has 4 kids, the oldest amber she is 21, Freddy is 17 they do not live home anymore. Then there is Kristina she is 19, and Autumn she is 15 they still live home with Tennille. She’s a very good mom and hopes to pass the same traits on to her kids.