This book gives school professionals practical, solution-focused strategies for solving problems with students and parents, rapidly and effectively.
Solution Focused Strategies for Principals, Teachers and Counsellors
Unlike traditional problem-solving models, which focus on deficits and the history of the problem, the solution-focused model emphasizes times when the problem does not occur. These exceptions to the problem offer clues to solutions. Learn how to use exception-finding questions to begin the solution-building process. You will also learn how to use powerful future-oriented questions to help students and parents to work towards achievable goals.
The solution-focused model is useful for a wide range of problems and all age groups. No matter what your role, you will learn practical skills to shift from problem talk to solution talk ™.
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