Sharing Tools and Approaches
Character Strengths Interventions
Group Model Building & System Maps
Group Model Building is a participatory approach to understanding and acting on complex systems. Participants represented various perspectives, from education, health, parents and grandparents, police, recreation, young adults, and youth development. This group created a causal loop diagram and identified key leverage points in producing rates of child thriving.
MCWI utilizes the VIA Character Strengths. The VIA Character Strengths assessment is the only scientifically validated strengths assessment that helps people flourish across every aspect of their lives-and at each stage of life. People rely on their character strengths to achieve goals, remain resilient, deepen relationships, feel like their true selves, and ultimately thrive. Below are two introductory resources to Character Strengths including on how to get started with character strengths and how to use the Aware-Explore-Apply (AEA) Model. Many more resources can be found on the Via Institute website.