Strengths-Based Approach & Interventions Flashcards
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A care coordinator using the ANSA notices a client has strong educational aspirations. How should this strength be used in intervention planning?
Answer: Use it as a motivational anchor to engage the client in goal-setting
Educational aspirations are a strength that can be used as a motivational anchor to engage the client and align intervention goals with their personal vision.
In a strengths-based ANSA review, the clinician discovers the client has significant spiritual and religious resources. According to ANSA principles, this should be:
Answer: Documented and potentially integrated as a coping and support resource
Spiritual and religious resources are recognized as meaningful strengths in the ANSA and should be documented and potentially integrated as coping supports.
Which of the following scenarios BEST illustrates a strengths-based ANSA intervention approach?
Answer: Helping a client use their identified love of art to build routine and social engagement
Using a client's love of art to build routine and social engagement exemplifies leveraging an identified strength to address prioritized needs.
The ANSA's inclusion of 'talents and interests' as a strengths item is intended to:
Answer: Identify activities that can support engagement, purpose, and recovery
Talents and interests are assessed in the ANSA to identify activities that can support meaningful engagement, sense of purpose, and the recovery process.
In the ANSA, strengths ratings should be updated at reassessment because:
Answer: Strengths can develop, diminish, or emerge based on life circumstances
Strengths can evolve over time—developing through intervention or diminishing under stress—so reassessment ensures the plan reflects the current strengths profile.
When the ANSA identifies that an individual has strong family support, which intervention approach aligns with the strengths-based model?
Answer: Engage family members as active partners in the intervention plan
Family support identified as a strength should lead to actively engaging family members as partners in the intervention, consistent with the strengths-based model.
How does the ANSA strengths-based approach address an individual's sense of identity and self-concept?
Answer: Positive self-concept is rated as a strength that supports recovery and resilience
The ANSA rates psychological strengths including positive sense of self, recognizing that a strong self-concept supports recovery and resilience.