The strengths perspective: proving "My Strengths" and "It Works".(COMMENTARY)

I was in Tampa, Florida, recently conducting a day-long follow-up training session for care coordinators who a year prior had undergone basic training in strengths-based case management (SBCM). Since the initial training, they had been using a brief model of SBCM to assist newly diagnosed people who were HIV-positive obtain initial medical care. When I asked the group members about their experiences using the strengths-based approach over the past year, one woman spoke up softly, but pointedly saying, "It works!" The comment prompted widespread agreement and a discussion of how us