Enhancing Strengths/Needs Based Practice:
Effectively Assessing Behaviors to Meet the
Unmet Needs of Children and Families
Day 2
LESSON PLAN
TOPIC/TIME
LEARNING
OBJECTIVE
Day 2
Segment 1
(40 min)
9:00 – 9:40am
Welcome Back
Day 2 Agenda
Power Point Slides: 1-3
Activity 1A:Handout #13
Power Point, Handout #14
Agenda Day 2
S3
Handouts # 11 and 12 from
Day 1
Large Group ActivityDiscuss Day 1 TOL
checklist and Strengths
Needs Matrix
(30 min)
Segment 2
9:40 – 10:15
(35 min)
S7, V7, S1e
Power Point Slides: 4-8
Activity 2A:
Review Link Between
Strengths, Behaviors, Needs
and Behaviors
(10 min)
Activity 2B: Review Handout
#9 Complete Columns 7 & 8
on Handout #10
Identifying Desired
Outcomes, Mobilizing
Strengths,
Crafting Services &
Strategies to Meet
Underlying Needs
10:15 – 10:30
Welcome Back & Review
Day 2 Agenda
(10 Min)
Activity 1B:Review
Transfer of Learning
Review &
Lessons Learned from
Day 1
Review Linking:
Strengths
Behaviors
Needs
METHODOLOGY
Table Group Activity
Crafting a Service Plan for
Jack Using the Smith
Family Vignette Handout #4
(25 min)
Break
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Segment 3
10:30 – 12:00pm
(90 min)
Shift In Practice:
Coaching and Mentoring
K6, V6, S1b
Supporting Family &
Team Members to Make
the Shift Towards
Strength Needs Practice
Power Point Slides: 9-12
Activity 3A:
Review Paradigm Shift In
Casework Practice and
Importance of Coaching &
Mentoring Family,
Caregivers, Team Members
(5 min)
Activity 3B: Handout #10
Strengths/Needs Matrix for
Jack
Table Group Activity &
Team presentations of SN
Matrix for Jack Pass out
Handout #15 at End of
Activity
(15 min)
Benefits, Challenges and
Solutions in Shifting
Practice
Activity 3C:
Large group activity
Sharing Benefits,
Challenges & Possible
Solutions
(10 min)
Utilizing Enhanced
Strengths/Needs Practice:
Completing
Strengths/Needs Matrix
for Denise
Lunch
Activity 3D: Handout #16
Blank Strengths/Needs
Matrix for Denise
Table group activity- role
play using Smith Family
Vignette
Complete entire
Strengths/Needs Matrix for
Denise
Debrief at end of each
segment Handout #20
Completed Matrix for
Denise (60 min)
12:00 to 1:00
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Segment 4
1:00pm- 1:30pm
(30 min)
Setting the Stage for
Enhanced Strength Based
Practice Principle:
“Know Yourself, and the
Families with Whom You
Work
V8
Power Point Slides: 14-20
Activity 4A: Large group
activity- Review Principle
from Day 1 and how it
supports Cultural
Competence
(10 min)
Activity 4B:
Handout # 17 “Four Layers
of Diversity”
Defining Diversity and the
Layers of Diversity
(10 min)
Defining Culture and the
“Four Layers of
Diversity”
Activity 4C:
Handout #4 Smith Family
Vignette
Identifying Culture in the
Smith Family
Review Cultural
Attributes/Characteristics
of Smith Family
(10 min)
Power Point Slides: 21-26
Segment 5
1:30 – 2:15pm
(45 min)
Classroom Performance
System(CPS):
“Who We Are”
K7, V8
Expressions of Culture
Personal Experiences of
Bias and Discrimination
Activity 5A: “Clickers”
Class Performance (CPS)
System – “Who We Are”
Large group discussion
(15 min)
Activity 5B:Large
group activityReview “Expressions of
Culture” Sharing Personal
Examples
(5 min)
Activity 5C:
Table group activityPersonal experiences with
Bias, Prejudice,
Discrimination & Racism
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large group debrief
(20 min)
2:15 – 2:30
Break
Segment 6
2:30 – 3:45
(85 min)
K7, V8, S2
Classroom Performance
System(CPS):
“Identifying Our Biases”
Power Point Slides: 27-32
Activity 6A: “Clickers”
Large group activityUsing the CPE System:
Identifying our feelings,
beliefs, values & biases
about different groups of
people based on
demographic information
(40 min)
Activity 6B: Handout #18
Transfer of Learning/Self
Reflection Worksheet Side
Self Reflection on Biases
K7, V8, S2
Diversity Appreciation
Scale
Individuals complete “Self
Reflection Worksheet”
Large group debrief
(10 min)
Activity 6C:
Review Cultural Diversity
Appreciation Scale
(5 min)
Activity 6D: Handout #19
Developing Strategies to
Address Biases &
Enhance and Support
Culturally Respectful
Casework Relationships
Changing Your Biased
Behavioral Response
Ideas for Changing Your
Biased Behavioral Response
Large group activityChanging your Biased
Behavioral Response to
Support Culturally
Respectful Relationships
(Link Back to Vignette &
Paradigm Shift in
Strengths/Needs Practice)
(10 min)
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Segment 7
3:45– 4:00pm
( 15min)
Power Point Slides: 33-35
Activity 7A: Handout #21
K7, V8, S2
Transfer of Learning
(Link to Coaching and
Mentoring Training)
Preview of Engagement
and Teaming Modules
And Evaluations
SN Transfer of Learning
Checklist Day 2
Complete TOL Checklist
(10 min)
Activity 7B:
Closing The Loop:
Summary of what we’ve
learned & what’s ahead
Individuals complete Day 2
Evaluations
(5min)
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