Strength-Based Approach To Promote Positive Change

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The purpose of a strength based approach is to promote positive change. The video clearly stated that “the people who stand to lose from change has all the power and those who benefit from change are poor”. The idea is to use this approach to refocus people living in poverty mindset to think more of using their talents, skills, strengthens, and to use them toward a way of building their community out of poverty. People living in poverty have to be aware that building their community by starting small businesses and offering opportunities for employments is a way out of the system. Those that live on welfare aid are trapped in a cycle that would keep them impoverish due to not having accessibility to resources, services, and funding. The system is design to keep people working under a certain income eligibility to prevent them from getting ahead. …show more content…

Implementing the strength based model allows for those to see the opportunities of growth, solutions, and hope within people. It takes the focus off the problem, labeling, and stigmatize people in poor communities. The approach is only successful when and if all those in the community including health services and care providers come together to make an effort to educate and make people aware of how to go about becoming resourceful during crisis or how to deal with life obstacles, challenges before they occur. This will make people more prepared and will keep them from falling into the system when life stressors

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