Creating Safe Environments Starts with the Adults
It was a cold, snowy day, and I had a 60-minute drive through horrible weather to get to school. I gripped the wheel, my face a few inches from the windshield, trying to see the road. I finally pulled into the parking lot, late, with only minutes before the bell rang for students to enter […]
Strong Ground [Review]
“Let’s try a little experiment,” I said to myself this past December. I have been dabbling with experiments in my life, a short-term thing I want to try. I did a little experiment with not watching or reading the news for two weeks. Honestly, I felt so calm and not like the world was on […]
Strength-Based Doesn’t Mean Ignoring Problems
When I talk about strength-based approaches in organizations that serve children and families, I sometimes see a familiar reaction. A slight pause, then a question about what strength-based means.A raised eyebrow when I explain that it focuses on what is strong in people.A quiet concern about shoring up others’ weaknesses. There’s a fear that “strength-based” […]