{"product_id":"the-strengths-approach","title":"The Strengths Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003eA strengths-based resource for sharing power and creating change Over the years St Lukes has provided training and consultancy services in strengths-based practice to thousands of human service workers and hundreds of organisations. Pivotal to the strengths approach is the principle of equal partnership between people - power-with. This dynamic principle acknowledges that people are the experts on their lives and the rightful drivers of their own change processes. In The Strengths Approach principal trainer and author  Wayne McCashen  gathers together the material that is explored in these trainings. He clearly and comprehensively describes the ideas  values  beliefs  and frameworks that help create respectful and socially-just ways of working with people. This book is full of invaluable practice wisdom gathered over many years and anecdotes and examples of strengths-based practice in action. The book explores: Principles  skills  tools and frameworks Power-with and power-over Labelling Strengths and exceptions Pictures of the future The column approach Client-owned recording Supervision Community building Organisational culture ...and much more.  The following is a short extract from the opening chapter: When asked the question  What sort of society do you want? most people describe qualities such as social harmony  peace  justice  respect  sharing  mutual support and purpose. When thinking about this  people often imagine a society different to the one they observe and experience. The impetus to do this comes from experiencing and observing what happens when these qualities are not present. However  the capacity to imagine what could be is made richly possible by our lived experience-peoples personal experience and observation of what happens when respect  collaboration  inclusion  justice and support are present. In other words  people have aspirations that are made possible more by their positive experiences than their negative ones. These experiences are lived every day in communities  groups  neighbourhoods  families  workplaces  schools  clubs  other organisations or institutions  as well as in random encounters  lateral ties and informal links. The connection between peoples strengths represented through real stories of lived experience and their aspirations for something better  is the key to every successful action for change. It is crucial to hope and an essential characteristic of the strengths approach. A must for social workers  educators  governments  community groups  organisations  businesses  families  teams and anyone interested in socially-just ways of sharing power and creating change. St Lukes Innovative Resources gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust in the publication of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985168887861,"sku":"ByrdShop_192094513X","price":108.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781920945138.jpg?v=1770850105","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-strengths-approach","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}