December 5 at the Oswego State Education Center

We in the solution-focused community are always learning what to do next from the responses of our clients and peers. It is a continuing, never ending process. We have some useful techniques for doing this, learned and refined from our work with our clients, in collaboration with our peers. There are practical considerations based on time constraints and agency needs. For some, there is a growing sense of urgency that more must be accomplished with less. It is tempting to try too hard to get positive results when they can be achieved more quickly and easily by slowing down and listening for small changes and details about what’s better. This can be difficult to do at first, and with practice can become much easier and fun for clients, therapists and coaches. These workshops will be presented with such considerations in mind.

Learning Objectives

AM Workshop Agenda

• Focus on continuous process of learning through solution-focused practice: How do you choose the approach that you think is most useful for each client? How do you begin? How do you listen? How is ‘not knowing’ useful?
• Time considerations: How does use of solution-focused approaches contribute to a more efficient use of the client’s and your time? How does ‘going slow’ produce better results sooner?
• Skill development: A brief review of the Miracle Question and ways of following up on the client’s answers. Suggestions for beginning to use the questions for those who haven’t used them yet. Discuss how the Miracle Question is working with those who are using it.
• Ideas for a protocol for case presentations.
• Overview of case presentations by the Learning Community. What is currently working?

PM Workshop Agenda

• Peer to peer coaching and mentoring
• Learning from your peers what works
• Utilizing the tap on the shoulder
• Playing with choices
• Language strategies
• Some creative experiments

This is a lot to cover in one day. Learning the approach is a process built on the participants with their own clients in the various contexts in which they work. We can also discuss what support systems can be created so they can continue solution building in their interviews with clients.

If possible, those identified as potential solution-focused supervisors may be asked to notice in detail how other participants’ use of language changed as the day progressed.

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