ASHFORD ABS 200 Week 2 DQ 1 Empowerment

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ASHFORD ABS 200 Week 2 DQ 1 Empowerment

Watch Why to Believe in Others and in 250 – 300 words, supporting your comments with scholarly references,

• Discuss Empowerment and Empowerment Theory, The Strengths Perspective, and Resiliency and why this focus is a vital concept in the Generalist Practice.
• Discuss how the understanding of this focus intersects with working with diverse groups and populations, particularly those who are oppressed.
• How can a focus on strengths enable an individual, group or other system to cope with adversity and survive?  Please respond to a minimum of two of your classmates.

Discuss Empowerment and Empowerment Theory, the Strengths Perspective, and Resiliency and why this focus is a vital concept in the Generalist Practice. 

Empowerment is the process of giving an individual or group an increased sense of personal, interpersonal, or political power so that they can improve their situation. Providing one with the knowledge and resources needed so that they may overcome a situation or problem.  People tend to feel as they have no control or power over their lives thus keeping them from actively seeking out resources needed in an attempt to make the change.