Schools are an important community partner in providing
structural supports and wrap around services for children
involved with the child welfare system. In this paper, we discuss
the implementation of a culturally sensitive strengths-based
intervention approach within an elementary school and its value
to Aboriginal children. This article discusses the theoretical
foundation of the strengths intervention approach and provides
a description of a strength assessment tool as well as the
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Aboriginal students involved with the child welfare system. Two
case studies are presented, which illustrate the value of the
strengths approach for individual students.