SFW0069 - Strengths-based Assessments & Measuring Progress

Course Description

Empower the families you serve by leveraging their strengths, skills, and motivations. This course reviews a strengths-based approach to family support, equipping you with practical tools to build trust, foster collaboration, and drive meaningful change.

What You'll Learn:

✔️ Foundations of Strengths-Based Practice – Review of the key principles, the Help-Giving Cycle, and Protective Factors.

✔️ Effective Assessment Strategies – Learn how to identify client strengths, conduct meaningful assessments, and use powerful questioning techniques.

✔️ Goal Planning & Progress Monitoring – Guide clients in setting values-based and SMART goals, overcoming obstacles, and measuring progress.

✔️ Managing Transitions & Endings – Navigate terminations and transitions while maintaining a supportive, client-centered approach.

Throughout this course, you’ll gain experience and see real-world examples of how to apply these strategies in your work. By the end, you'll have the skills to assess, plan, and support families more effectively, helping them achieve lasting success.

This course is offered in May and November.

Enrollment opens at least one month prior to its start date. 

Learner Outcomes

After completing this module, participants will be able to: 

• Identifying strengths-based approach strategies that help build trusting relationships. 

• Identify SMART Goals and their importance in building a Family Goal Plan. 

• Describe the process of completing a Family Goal Plan, including updates and why it is important. 

• Discuss the importance of identifying strengths and opportunities for improvement with families/individuals in the goal planning process. 

• Discuss how to communicate with family/individuals on how their progress will be measured. 

• Identify formal and informal assessments used in a strengths-based approach to goal planning. 

• Discuss ways to navigate the endings to the helping relationship in a strengths-based way.

Notes

Cancellation Policy:

All cancellation requests must be received within 72 hours (3 business days) from the date of enrollment in the course AND the registered person has not accessed any portion of the online course. Cancellations that meet the criterial listed above will be eligible for a full refund of fees paid.

All cancellation requests must be in writing via email to sfwtuh@temple.edu and received by the Temple University Harrisburg staff before becoming effective.

**Please note: If a cancellation request is not made and the registrant does not attend the course as originally scheduled, the registrant is still responsible for payment for the scheduled course.

Recommendations

Basic Computer Proficiency

• Using a keyboard and mouse
• Selecting, copying, pasting text
• Sending and receiving email
• Saving and retrieving files in different formats (.docx, .pdf, .pptx., etc.)
• Using a text editor (changing fonts, inserting links, using spell check, etc.)
• Browsing for files to attach and upload
• Accessing the Internet using a web browser and resetting basic web browser settings (clearing cache/history, cookies, etc.)
• Audio equipment (i.e., computer speakers)
• Software - Microsoft Office and Adobe Reader

To successfully complete the training and activities, the materials needed/recommended are:

Testimonials

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• SFW Credential : Certificate
• Strengths-based Assessments & Measuring Progress : Certificate