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| Ecomap Analysis× | Strengths Assessment× | |
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| Field | Social Work | Social Work |
| Family | Process / pipeline | Process / pipeline |
| Year of origin≠ | 1978 | 2012 |
| Originator≠ | Ann Hartman | Dennis Saleebey (strengths perspective); Charles Rapp & Richard Goscha (strengths model assessment) |
| Type≠ | Graphical, qualitative person-in-environment assessment tool | Structured, domain-based assessment of client and environmental strengths |
| Seminal source≠ | Hartman, A. (1978). Diagrammatic assessment of family relationships. Social Casework, 59(8), 465–476. DOI ↗ | Saleebey, D. (Ed.). (2013). The Strengths Perspective in Social Work Practice (6th ed.). Pearson. ISBN: 9780205011544 |
| Aliases | Ecomap, Eco-Map, Ecological Map, Hartman Ecomap | Strengths-Based Assessment, Strengths Perspective Assessment, Strengths Model Assessment, Asset-Based Assessment |
| Related | 3 | 3 |
| Summary≠ | An ecomap is a graphical map of a household or individual set within their social environment, showing the connections between the focal system and the external systems around it — extended family, work, school, health care, friends, agencies, religion, and recreation — and coding each connection as strong, tenuous, or stressful, with arrows for the flow of energy and resources. Ecomap analysis is the practice of drawing and interpreting this map to assess the person-in-environment, the central organizing concept of social work. It was introduced by Ann Hartman in 1978. | Strengths assessment is a structured way of assessing a client that deliberately foregrounds capabilities, resources, and aspirations rather than deficits and problems. Grounded in the strengths perspective articulated by Dennis Saleebey and operationalized in Charles Rapp and Richard Goscha's strengths model, it surveys the client's life domains — such as daily living, health, finances, relationships, leisure, and spirituality — to record what is already working, what the person wants, and the personal and environmental resources available to get there. Those strengths then become the raw material for goal-setting and intervention. |
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