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‘The Strengths Revolution’ weekly podcast show was launched on 22nd April 2014. Just go into iTunes Store, click the ‘Podcast’ link on the top menu, then put ‘The Strengths Revolution’ into the search box.

Listen, subscribe, and add a review if you feel able to. Remember… listening, downloading or subscribing to the show is FREE!

'Working with Strengths' was published in May 2014 as a comprehensive resource for reviewing the literature and reflecting on strengths-based practice as applied to people in contact with services, as well as the strengths-focused development of practitioners, teams and organisations. It draws on the wider business literature as well as health and social care references to broaden the applicability of the ideas.

'Risk Decision-Making' was published in 2013 to help shift the focus from a tick-box culture to the realities of what good practice should be about. The manual and cd-rom provide the resources that should engage senior management in organisations, as well as the practitioners and multidisciplinary teams.

June 2007 saw the publication of the Working With Risk Trainers Manual and Practitioner Manual through Pavilion Publishing. The Trainers Manual provides a flexible two-day training programme, with the option of using any of the individual sessions as stand-alone training resources. The Practitioner Manual provides a set of practice-based risk tools with supporting guidance on how and when to use each. These materials also aim to discuss some of the wider risk issues and identify a key part of current research and literature. The practice-based tools are also supported by completed case examples.

To make contact either send me a message via the 'Contact Me' form or (if it's urgent) you can call me on 07733 105264.

Practice Based Evidence commenced business in October 2001. Promoting the value of the messages from service users, carers and practitioners experiences. These are often marginalised by the emphasis placed on research.

 

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Entries in Positive risk-taking (9)

Friday
Jul082022

Tugging on your coat about something!

DateFriday, July 8, 2022 at 9:53AM

I know you're a busy person, after all, that's why I'm coming to you with a free offer for developing your thinking and your practice a little bit further. "If you want something doing ask a busy person", right?

We all take risks in our lives... the questions we should occasionally address are 'the why' and 'the how'!

I presented a series of webinars back in February 2022 on these very questions. I'm now taking a few moments out of the practice development work that emerged out of those webinars to plan a new programme of webinar presentations.

Click on the following link to at least register your interest in hearing more as these plans evolve. What have you got to lose... apart from a few minutes out from your busy time, which might just contribute later to some better focus and management of that busy time!

https://positiverisktaking.lpages.co/pr-t-webinar-registration/ 

Best wishes,

Steve

 

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Tuesday
Sep242019

Positive Risk-Taking Webinar

DateTuesday, September 24, 2019 at 2:44PM


Click on the link below to register for instant access to my latest webinar, outlining 5 simple steps to clear and confident risk decision-making. The webinar outlines my original creation of the concept of Positive Risk-Taking, along with access to a comprehensive range of resources for implementing best practice.

 
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Monday
Apr012019

10th EuroSciCon Conference on Psychiatry, Psychology & Brain Studies ~ Paris (11-12 April 2019) 

DateMonday, April 1, 2019 at 7:03PM

Many thanks to the organisers for the invite to be both a Keynote Speaker, focused on Risk Decision-Making and my personal concept of Positive Risk-Taking, and also session chair across most of Day 1.

Check out the following link for details of the conference content.

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Aaa79f52e-2f6d-46ef-9cdf-9841cd13f298 

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Sunday
Mar032019

5th International Conference on Mental Health and Human Resilience (Barcelona 7-8 March 2019)

DateSunday, March 3, 2019 at 2:59PM

The 5th International Conference on Mental Health and Human Resilienceis held in Barcelona. Use the following link to check out background information on the conference:

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A276d9684-0df8-44de-b758-141ae5830221

The following link provides the outline programme for the two-day conference. I present 'Implementing Positive Risk-Taking in Practice' as one of the keynotes on Day 2:

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Aadcbb3e5-8a54-469e-9035-3f2e27ef8076

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Monday
Aug202018

Paris Conference Presentation 2018

DateMonday, August 20, 2018 at 8:29PM

The following was the abstract I submitted for the keynote presentation at the recent Mental Health Congress in Paris (9-11/7/18):

Positive Risk-Taking: From Rhetoric to Reality

Do we pay enough attention to the impact that the language we use has on the people we serve, and the ways in which we serve them? Our adherence to professional jargon more often serves to exclude and/or confuse other people. This is most notable in the language of risk, particularly where the negative connotations can often drive a blame culture and promote an unnecessary risk averse approach. Where is the person within such a picture?

Assessing and manging risk is an essential skill; but, so to is calculated and reasoned risk-taking. My concept of ‘Positive Risk-Taking’, initiated in 1994, brings the language of risk, strengths and person-centred outcomes together in a clear and sharp focus. As a concept, it is underpinned by the principles and practice of good risk assessment and management, applicable to all facets of mental health, wider health, and social care considerations.

The concept is focused on the outcomes, rather than solely being led by the risks. Taking risks for positive outcomesrequires a clear definition and description; but, it is also underpinned by the fully recognized components of mental health good practice… focused and contextualized risk assessment is counter-balanced by a full strengths assessment; supervision and support is complemented by teamwork and team-focused training. Collective decision-making enables balanced and reasoned risk-taking decisions to be made with confidence, and the identification of individual responsibilities for action to be outlined within a thoughtful plan.

Welcoming the audience to the presentation:

A partial link to what you missed!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Nmes1fRYvhkBTSLw0rXk8w7yuoxKdTkN

Fielding a question or two:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pytmlqXLHoxJc8KKu20wZOT49xjpaKoa

And sharing in the post presentation accolades (holiday snapshots time !!):

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