The Solution Focused Approach with Children and Young People

Current Thinking and Practice

Denise Yusuf, Denise Yusuf

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9780429582462
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

The Solution Focused Approach with Children and Young People: Current Thinking and Practice brings together leading figures and innovative practitioners from different professions, contexts and countries to provide a unique overview of Solution Focused work with children and young people. Presenting a range of applications in individual, group and community work, it puts the spotlight on diverse fields, exploring how the Solution Focused approach can work in real-world contexts.

This book showcases a powerful, engaging approach which helps children and young people find the resources and strengths to manage difficulties and make the most of their lives. It contains interesting case studies, narrative descriptions of original practice, programmes of work developed using Solution Focused principles, and thought-provoking discussions of key elements of practice. With chapters presenting perspectives from coaching, therapy, consultancy and education, and applications including learning assessments, child protection, bereavement, edge of care, and youth offending, the book provides an overview of the current state of practice and provides pointers to potential new developments.

The Solution Focused Approach with Children and Young People will help both experienced practitioners and those new to the approach to develop and update their knowledge and skills, as well as introducing them to creative and cutting-edge tools to inspire fresh ideas and thinking. It will be essential reading for Solution Focused practitioners and students, as well as coaches, social workers, school counsellors and mental health professionals working with children and young people.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of figures
• About the editor and list of contributors
• Foreword
• 1 Introduction
• 2 There’s more to children than meets the eye
• 3 Solution Focused play therapy
• 4 Voice and choice: the vulnerable child and the Solution Focused process
• 5 Kids’Skills – a creative Solution Focused method for helping children overcome difficulties and problems
• 6 From challenging to outstanding
• 7 Bridging cultural divides in international schools with Solution Focused approaches
• 8 The butterfly effect
• 9 Building co-operation and engagement with adolescents
• 10 Solution Focused practices in the assessment of learning problems: panning for gold
• 11 A Solution Focused team conversation: helping educators create lasting solutions with students
• 12 Put the numbers in! The value of scale questions
• 13 Dream … believe … achieve: a school in South Africa that has developed a philosophy based on Solution Focused principles
• 14 Solution Focused practice in a British University
• 15 Coaching for youth offenders in an institutional setting
• 16 Solution Focused “injections”: Solution Focused working in acute paediatric settings
• 17 Using the Solution Focused approach within New Zealand Police to create happy endings for young people and their families
• 18 Trusting the child: using the Solution Focused approach with children and young people on the edge of care
• 19 Facing new challenges using a Solution Focused approach: creating a supportive learning process for Roma adolescents in a volunteering project in Hungary
• 20 Figuring Futures: the art of reframing challenges
• 21 Solution Focused work in high-risk child protection cases: how the Solution Focused mindset and creativity helped put the children in the centre of the work and create possibility for change
• 22 Yes … and: useful conversations around trauma
• 23 Incorporating the Solution Focused approach in tackling selective mutism
• 24 A tiny little piece of hope: accompanying parentally bereaved children and adolescents in their journey through parental terminal illness, grief and healing via a Solution Focused pathway
• 25 High-conflict divorce and parenting: how Solution Focused presence can help
• 26 Spreading kindness: the alchemy of translation
• Index