Tools for Strengths-Based Assessment and Evaluation

by Peter Lehmann and Catherine A. Simmons

Book Overview

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 manymental health problems. Thus, measuring strengths is an important component of a balanced assessment and evaluation process. This is the first compendium of more than 140 valid and reliable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826107656
• ISBN13: 9780826107657
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.5" x 10.9"