What's STRONG With You?

"Moving away from our deficits encourages us to celebrate ourselves more - all the parts of us, even those that may be challenging. Noticing how we are engaging and leading with our strengths, recognizing our patterns, and making visible how we show up with our strengths amplify what we already have and encourage us to deepen our relationship with ourselves."

- Lana Jelenjev, Co-founder Neurodiversity Education Academy

Our lives are steeped with looking for what is wrong or what is missing rather than acknowledging, celebrating, and honoring what is going well and what is already present. This continual focus on problems reinforces a deficit-based perspective that also put our attention on solving problems.

Yet when we use a strengths-based lens we shift our focus on the inherent assets, qualities, untapped resources, and capacities in every individual, family, school, organization, or community.

"How might we shift our lens and focus on strengths rather than deficits?

WHAT'S INSIDE THE TOOLKIT?

20+ tools, reflection, and activity worksheets, and resource cards that you can use to:

• Notice how you use your strengths
• Recognize patterns in leading and engaging with your strengths
• Make your strengths visible in your day-to-day life

Who is this toolkit for?

Coaches, Trainers, Facilitators

The activities in this toolkit can be used to accompany your coaching, or training sessions or as activities for training or facilitating purposes.

Teachers, Teacher Trainers, School Leaders

Use this toolkit to create a culture of strengths in your school. This is perfect for teacher appraisals, giving feedback, and personal development.

Leaders, Founders, L&D/HR Managers

This toolkit can be used for team building, individual appraisals, and as topics to explore in PD sessions. This can support in surfacing talents in the organization.

SUPPORT OUR WORK

We are a small team of volunteers dedicating our time, energy, and resources to advocating and creating more awareness around Neurodiversity. Purchasing this digital product financially supports us in continuing our work in providing more tools and training, especially for groups or organizations that need support the most. 

We do not want finances to get in the way of foundations or initiatives doing great work in the world to access this resource. Please do get in touch if you are a non-profit and would like to get the full toolkit for free.

For those where money and funding are abundant, we would love to have your support! Your donation (to Neurodiversity Foundation) can greatly help us in expanding our services to more schools, families, and organizations