Tag: strength-based practice
Telling A SSW Data Story: Making Prevention Matter in Elementary Schools
How data was used from the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to guide instruction and classroom intervention, and that led over time to a highly successful outcome and a significant decrease in problematic behavior at an elementary school.
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SSWN Top 5: Gun Safety For Families
The Be SMART for Kids program was developed by the organization Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America in order to educate people on measurable steps that can be taken to reduce gun violence. The program is founded on two really simple ideas: 1) people — parents, adults and gun owners — want to keep children and families safe from gun injury and death and 2) the onus of gun safety is on adults, not children. The basic premise of the program is nonconfrontational, strengths-based and steeped in empowerment.
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