Welcome to the Beach Center's Wisdom-Based Action Site
The purpose of this website is to provide resources to you that are “just a click away.” We have selected these resources because we think that they are helpful in providing a foundation for you to make wise decisions about how your child and your whole family can meet your needs and enjoy your time together. The likelihood of making wise decisions is increased by going through the steps of what we call wisdom-based action. Wisdom-based action involves:
- Being attuned to
- Your values
- Your vision
- Your context – factors you need to consider associated with your child, family, local service system, and community.
- Locating, evaluating and synthesizing knowledge
- Experience-based knowledge from families and practitioners
- Research
- Policy
- Making a balanced decision in planning your next steps
- Judging which knowledge to use in light of your values, vision, and context
- Identifying whose interests (your child only, your other children, your whole family) should be considered in making a decision
- Weighing long-term and short-term considerations
- Considering what resources will be needed for you to take action
- Taking action
- Implementing your next steps
- Learning from successes and setbacks
- Solving unanticipated problems
- Staying connected to reliable allies
- Confronting next challenges
The resources on this website are aimed at the second step of the process – Locating, evaluating, and synthesizing three kinds of knowledge – experience-based knowledge, research, and policy.
Here, you will find resources for taking wisdom-based action on three issues: