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Many
individuals and their families are faced with barriers and challenges that
hinder their ability to engage in a constructive and health-oriented
lifestyle. They are often over-whelmed by their circumstances and cope in
ways that lead to a crisis or engagement in high-risk behaviours. As a
result, many of these individuals and their families come in contact with
service provision agencies not of their own choice and with the assumption that
their “problem(s) will be solved.” However, the traditional approach of
“problem solving” or “crisis intervention” tends to only meet the immediate
needs of the clients and does not engage the client in a participatory manner
that leads to the development of the protective factors required for a
long-term strategy of establishing a healthier lifestyle.
Based
upon a strength-based model of human development, the use of the resiliency
assessment questionnaires provides an opportunity to invite clients into a
participatory intervention that focuses on meaningful engagement and change.
It is assumed that any real therapeutic change will only occur if the client
perceives it as meaningful and collaboratively owns the potential therapeutic
intervention. Since the resiliency questionnaire is designed to assess
the client’s perception of reality, the resulting baseline portrait of the
positive/constructive indicators and deficits provides the basis for a
meaningful “therapeutic action plan” that reflects the relevant needs and goals
of the client. The resiliency assessment protocol also provides the
opportunity to monitor and evaluate real change in a way that is success-based
and experientially meaningful for the individual and their family.
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Resiliency 