used in school settings, and that a greater emphasis be placed on prevention services, allowing school systems to use up to 15% of their federal money for earlyinterventioninsteadoffortraditionalspecialeducationservicesoroutof district placements. The spending of this early intervention money is required tobeforscientificallybasedbehavioralandacademicinterventionsthatmake useoftechnologicallysoundassessments.Manyadvantagesofstrength-based practice have been articulated, and by mandate, strength-based practices have been “adopted.” But is the field ready to use individual strengths in a scientifically and technologically sound manner?