Fall 2025 SOWK 530 Week 05 - Assessing for Strengths

A presentation at Heritage University in September 2025 by Jacob Campbell and is tagged with Heritage University, MSW Program, SOWK 530

Slide with a pink background displays the text: 'Assessing for Strengths and Behavior. Week Five Lecture Video.' Footer includes: 'Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW, Heritage University, Fall 2024 SOWK 530.' There is an icon of a clipboard.

The slide is titled 'Plan for Lecture Video,' showing two sections: 'Agenda' listing topics and 'Learning Objectives' detailing goals like emphasizing strengths in assessments. Footer credits Jacob Campbell at Heritage University, Fall 2025.

**Slide Title:** Week Five Content**Object:** Text and book cover image**Action:** Lists activities **Context:** Presentation slide for social work studies, detailing weekly tasks.**Content:** - **Left:** Book cover titled 'Direct Social Work Practice' with a label 'Reading Quiz.'- **Read Chapter Eight:** Exploring and Understanding Problems and Strengths.- **Right:** Task list for weekly forum replies: - Chapter Eight Content Discussion - Assessing Strengths Beyond Those Revealed by Clients - Advantages and Limitations of Sources of Information for Assessments - Sources of Information Based on Setting or Population - Screening Tools and Assessment Instruments**Footer:** Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., LCSW at Heritage University, Fall 2025 Week 05 SOWK 530.

The slide features three bullet points under 'Emphasizing Strengths in Assessments': 1) Give pre-eminence to the client’s understanding of the facts, 2) Discover what the client wants, 3) Assess personal and environmental strengths on multiple levels. Mention of 'Cowger, 1994.' Footer notes: Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University, Fall 2025 Week 05 SOWK 530.

Chart illustrates a 'Framework for Strengths' in assessments with a cross shape. Top: 'Strengths or Resources,' bottom: 'Deficit, Obstacle, or Challenges,' left: 'Individual or Personal Factors,' right: 'Environmental Factors.' Context: academic slide titled by Jacob Campbell, Heritage University, Fall 2025 Week 05 SOWK 530.

The slide features a central black oval labeled 'Troubling Behavior' surrounded by blue ovals with terms: Social, Reinforcement, When, Where, Duration, Consequences, Physiological. Title: 'Conditions Surrounding Troubling Behaviors.' Additional text: 'School Context: ABC Data to Build an FBA, so there can be a BIP?' Creator: Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., LICSW at Heritage University. Fall 2025 Week 05 SOWK 530.

Dr. Jacob Campbell

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Week five is asynchronous. Students will read chapter eight of Hepworth et al. (2023) and begin our three-week look into the foundations of assessment. There are discussion forums focused on assessing strengths, understanding the sources of information we might use, and assessment instruments. During the lecture video, we will explore more about assessing for strengths and consider what we look for in understanding troubling behavior. The agenda for the lecture video includes:

Week five content
Assessing for strengths
Areas to explore for behavior

The Learning objectives this week include:

Analyze the purposes, benefits, and limitations of various sources of information used in social work assessments.
Identify and reflect on practical considerations in using screening tools and structured instruments in clinical practice.
Develop strategies for emphasizing strengths in assessment
Understand where strengths fit into our assessment
Identify the categories we might evaluate for troubling behaviors

Fall 2025 SOWK 530 Week 05 - Assessing for Strengths

Dr. Jacob Campbell

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