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A Solution-Focused Approach with Primary School Teachers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Heather Ambrose
Heather Ambrose*
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Private Practice
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Tara Clinic, 32 Arnold Street, Box Hill, Victoria 3128, Phone-Fax: (03) 9842 1450
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Abstract

Educational psychologists typically respond to child referrals for problematic behaviour by focusing on the problem. Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) provides an alternative that eliminates the time-consuming task of assessment of the “problem.” This application of SFBT involved three groups of primary school teachers, each focused on one child’s behaviour. The participants reported favourable outcomes of reduced problematic behaviour in the three children and increased collegial support.

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brief therapychildrensocial constructionsolution-focused therapy

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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 14 , Special Issue 2: Alternative Therapies , November 1997 , pp. 15 - 24
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Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1997

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