Learning Objectives for VIA Intensives: Strengths
The 2010-11 VIA Intensive: Strengths is a highly experiential, hands-on workshop, with significant small-group work and discussion, as well as video interviews, movie clips and lecture. This course is designed to help you:
• Practice working hands-on with signature character strengths.
• Describe how character strengths can be used with clients to reach their goals.
• Explain how
to effectively use strength-spotting with clients.
• Describe 3 evidence-based interventions that enhance awareness and use of character strengths.
• Describe a 3-step process for engaging in strengths-enhancing conversations with clients.
• Demonstrate an effective approach to reviewing the VIA Interpretive Report (the expanded VIA results report with 5 graphical depictions of character strengths) with a client.
• Explain the purpose and conceptual framework of the VIA Character Strengths and Virtues.
• List at least 3 examples of research that has been done with the VIA Classification of Character Strengths and Virtues.
• Briefly describe, with a few words or phrase, each of the 24 character strengths.
• Name 2 examples of how character strengths function when in balance and when overplayed.
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