Tagged With "capabilities"

Amen!! Everyone; helpers, parents, grandparents, foster parents, teachers, child care workers...all humans, need to understand this. What a wonderful world it could be. Thank you Cheryl for this insightful, profound post!!

As usual, wonderfully said! Everyone in a helping profession should read this and work to build safety and belonging in their relationships with colleagues, organizations, and the communities they are embedded. NO program or "strategy" will work unless this is present first.

Laura Porter’s research supports increasing three capacities that allow people to thrive. They are: building capabilities, increasing attachment and belonging, and supporting the culture and spirituality in communities. When working with organizations and communities, she warns that if the focus is solely on building capabilities, we make the process into an “individual fix.” Building individual capacities is very important to help people thrive, however we cannot deny the biologically...