2. Just what the doctor recommended

3. Colombians in the 90s  Highest level of life satisfaction in the world  Highest rate of murders per capita in the world  Highest number of kidnappings in the world  Highest levels of random violence

4. Colombia Moldova

5. Personal well-being Sense of control Competence Meaning My sonPoor loser

6. Sir Michael Marmot and control over your life

7. Risk of Death by Employment and Level of Control: 29,000 people, 30 years Marmot, Whitehall Studies Risk of death

8. Effects of social support  Less likely to have heart attacks  More likely to resist common cold virus  Lower mortality  Less degree of stress  More positive outlook on life  Resilience

9. My Social Support

10. Organizational Well-Being: A three legged stool Effective Supportive Reflective

11. Is this really true?

12. Can the gene pool change in 25 years? 70 65 30 0 1973 1998 Percentage very satisfied with life Denmark Belgium

13. Did Vodka get into the gene pool? 70 60 50 40 30 1981 1995 Mean of people happy and satisfied with life Russia

14. Community Well-being  Social conditions  Social capital  Inequality

15. Social capital and community well-being Louisiana Mississippi Georgia Florida California Missouri Ohio Colorado Dakotas Vermont Minnesota

16. Miami: Last in volunteering

18. From DRAIN to SPEC From  Deficits  Reactive  Arrogance  Individual blame To  Strengths  Prevention  Empowerment  Community Change

19. Strengths

20. Prevention

21.  “No mass disorder, afflicting humankind, has ever been eliminated, or brought under control, by treating the affected individual”

22. Prevention saves money  For every $1 invested in prevention, we get up to $ 17 in return, but we invest only 3% of our budget on prevention.

23. Empowerment

24.  Empowerment can be a tool for social change and personal healing at the same time

25. Community Change

26.  If Venice “is slowly being submerged, individual citizens cannot afford to ignore their collective fate, because, in the end, they all drown together if nothing is done.” (Badcock, 1982)

28. Miami SPEC project: www.specway.orgwww.specway.org

30. SPECWAY Isaac Prilleltensky isaac@miami.eduisaac@miami.edu www.education.miami.edu/isaacwww.education.miami.edu/isaac www.specway.orgwww.specway.org (c) copyright Isaac Prilleltensky 2010 - Do not distribute or reproduce without written permission from the author 30

31. STRENGTHS  FOR PERSONAL WELL BEING (your own and others)  Celebrate talent, initiative, motivation, small wins  Avoid deficit oriented labels  FOR ORGANIZATIONAL WELL BEING  Build on assets, achievements, engagement, motivation  Reduce stereotyping, gossiping, put downs, segregation  FOR COMMUNITY WELL BEING  Identify community assets, natural leaders, build respect  Do not engage in stereotypical thinking (c) copyright Isaac Prilleltensky 2010 - Do not distribute or reproduce without written permission from the author 31

32. PREVENTION AND PROMOTION  FOR PERSONAL WELL BEING (your own and others)  Prevent stress, minimize risk factors, take small steps  Promote engagement, meaning making, social support  FOR ORGANIZATIONAL WELL BEING  Prevent burnout, fear, repetition, alienation  Promote engagement, reflection, and support  FOR COMMUNITY WELL BEING  Prevent drop out, child abuse, injustice, poverty  Promote equality, universal health care, high quality education (c) copyright Isaac Prilleltensky 2010 - Do not distribute or reproduce without written permission from the author 32

33. EMPOWERMENT  FOR PERSONAL WELL BEING (your own and others)  Sense of control over your life  Voice and choice  FOR ORGANIZATIONAL WELL BEING  Democratic participation  Employee engagement and decision making  FOR COMMUNITY WELL BEING  Name source of injustice, organize, lead  Identify power inequalities, not blaming community (c) copyright Isaac Prilleltensky 2010 - Do not distribute or reproduce without written permission from the author 33

34. COMMUNITY CHANGE  FOR PERSONAL WELL BEING (your own and others)  Volunteer, participate, vote,  Organize, analyze  FOR ORGANIZATIONAL WELL BEING  Meaning making,  Participation in social change  FOR COMMUNITY WELL BEING  Discover ecological roots of problems  Think and act systemically and sustainably (c) copyright Isaac Prilleltensky 2010 - Do not distribute or reproduce without written permission from the author 34

35. Sounds nice, now what?  GOAL SETTING (SMART principles)  Specific  Measurable  Achievable  Relevant  Time bound (c) copyright Isaac Prilleltensky 2010 - Do not distribute or reproduce without written permission from the author 35

36. Ok, but how do I do it?  Skills to promote SPEC (I VALUE IT)  Inclusive host  Visionary  Asset seeker  Listener  Unique solution finder  Evaluator  Implementer  Trend setter (c) copyright Isaac Prilleltensky 2010 - Do not distribute or reproduce without written permission from the author 36

37. Is that all? Nope  Factors to achieve goal: BET I CAN  Behaviors  Emotions  Thoughts  Individual factors  Contextual factors  Analysis  Next steps (c) copyright Isaac Prilleltensky 2010 - Do not distribute or reproduce without written permission from the author 37

38. Summary  DRAIN approach to well being is ill founded  SPEC for personal, organizational, and community well-being  SMART goal setting  I VALUE IT skills  BET I CAN factors to achieve change (c) copyright Isaac Prilleltensky 2010 - Do not distribute or reproduce without written permission from the author 38

39. True or False 39  The best way to eliminate disease is through effective treatment

40. True or False 40  Colombians are happier than Moldovans

41. True or False 41 If doctors smoked CAMELS more than any other brand, Medicare fraud in Miami would be as bad as traffic and government corruption