Tools for Strengths-Based Assessment and Evaluation

Getting my Clinical MSW and this is just what I thought it would be.

I found this book extremely helpful while finishing my MSW degree and know it will be a valuable research as I embark in clinical practice.

This book includes many strengths-based assessment tools. There is an associated PDF at the book's website that contains the free-for-use assessments, which, in my opinion, is one of the most valuable parts of this book. If you are aiming to bring strengths into an evaluation, this book or Positive Psychological Assessment: Models and Measures (published in 2003, http://www.amazon.com/Positive-Psychological-Assessment-Handbook-Measures/dp/1557989885/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410630487&sr=8-1&keywords=positive+psychological+assessment) include many options without having to dig into the literature yourself.

I borrowed this book from the library about three years ago, I simply kept renewing it. WHen I saw it going cheap, I ordered it. TO be pleasantly surprised that this is a signed copy, I have used it in teaching student nurses, health care assistants and many more. SO thanks it is brilliantly put together and contains tools for use in practice whilst coaching people to new levels of flourishing, I have used it to help myself develop and recommend some exercises to others.