This 2-day course offers practitioners an opportunity to develop an approach to working which focuses on strengths. It seeks to support individuals and families to identify solutions rather than focusing on problems. For all practitioners who work directly with children, young people, their families and carers.
Learning Objectives:
• Explain the basic principles of solution focused practice
• Demonstrate the techniques of solution focused practice
• Describe the principles of the strengths based model of working
• Demonstrate an empowering approach which enables individuals and families to recognize their own strengths to achieve change through partnership working
• Explain the questions used in this approach
Course Content:
• Overview of the approach
• Problem free conversations
• Skills in identifying strengths
• Miracle question
• Scaling questions
• Coping question