Tools for strengths-based assessment and evaluation / Catherine A. Simmons, Peter Lehmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simmons, Catherine A.

Contributor:

Lehmann, Peter, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evaluation research (Social action programs).

Needs assessment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (562 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traditionally, assessment and evaluation have focused on the negative aspects or deficits of a client's presentation. Yet strengths, health, and those things that are going ""right"" in a person's life are key protective factors in the prevention and treatment of many mental health problems. Thus, measuring strengths is an important component of a balanced assessment and evaluation process. This is the first compendium of more than 150 valid and reliable strengths-based assessment tools that clinicians, researchers, educators, and program evaluators can use to assess a wide array of positive a

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Foreword:Why We Need a More Positive Social Science in These Troubling Times; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Strengths and Psychotherapy; 2 Incorporating Strengths Into Assessment and Evaluation: Striking a Balance Between "What Is Right" and "What Is Wrong"; 3 Selecting "Tools" for Clinical Practice; 4 Happiness and Subjective Well-Being; 5 Health, Wellness, andHealth-Related Quality of Life; 6 Acceptance, Mindfulness, andSituational Affect; 7 Hope, Optimism, and Humor; 8 Resilience, Coping, andPosttraumatic Growth; 9 Aspirations, Goals, and Values

10 Self-Effi cacy11 Social Support, Social Relationships, and Emotional Intelligence; 12 Empowerment Tools for Strengths-BasedAssessment and EvaluationEmpowerment; 13 Couples; 14 Families; 15 Children and Adolescents; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8261-0762-1

OCLC:

818847592