Solution-focused brief therapy in schools: A review of the outcome literature

Kim, Johnny S.; Franklin, Cynthia

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.10.002

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“…These carefully constructed communication processes are believed to be key components to helping client's change. Solutions emerge in perceptions and interactions between people and problems are not to be solved solely by the therapist but rather by cooperation with the client(s) (20). Some studies indicate that subjects undergoing this treatment need two to three SFBT sessions to solve their problems (21).…”

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The Efficiency of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy on Adjustment Problems of Female Students in Amol, Iran

Hosseinpour¹,

Jadidi²,

Mohebbi³

et al. 2015

Int J School Health

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Background: Adjustment and coordination with environment is indispensable to all people. Objectives: The aim of present study was to determine the effectiveness of solution-focused brief therapy in increasing adjustment of high school female students. Materials and Methods: This study was based on an experimental pretest-posttest design including 30 female students of Amol high school in academic year 2011 -2012.The participants were selected by purposive non-convenience sampling methods, randomly assigned to experimental and control groups, who completed the Bell's adjustment questionnaire in pre-test phase. Thirty subjects with scores close to mean were selected and randomly divided into control and experimental groups. Solution-focused brief therapy intervention for experimental group was carried out in 5 sessions followed by performing posttest on the two groups. The data obtained were then analyzed using MANCOVA. Results:The results showed that solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) was effective in increasing adjustment of the students (P < 0.0006), as well as increasing 3 subscales of adjustment questionnaire comprising home adjustment (P < 0.0006); health adjustment (P < 0.0006); and social adjustment (P < 0.0003); but had no effect on affective adjustment (P < 0.081). Conclusions: Considering the significant effect of SFBT interventions on increasing adjustment in young students, the training of school counselors can be an effective means for youth to achieve their goals and decrease some problems in the community.

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The Efficiency of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy on Adjustment Problems of Female Students in Amol, Iran

Hosseinpour¹,

Jadidi²,

Mohebbi³

et al. 2015

Int J School Health

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“…However, one area where medium and large effect size estimates were similar involved studies conducted in school settings, albeit for different outcome problems. Kim and Franklin (2009) conducted a systematic review on SFBT conducted in schools in an effort to examine the most rigorous outcome studies on SFBT conducted in schools. Results from Kim and Franklin's (2009) review found a mix of effect size ranges in those SFBT studies conducted in the United States for academic, internalizing, and externalizing problems.…”

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“…Kim and Franklin (2009) conducted a systematic review on SFBT conducted in schools in an effort to examine the most rigorous outcome studies on SFBT conducted in schools. Results from Kim and Franklin's (2009) review found a mix of effect size ranges in those SFBT studies conducted in the United States for academic, internalizing, and externalizing problems. The largest effect size estimates were found for externalizing problem behavior outcomes, while mixed effect size results were found for academic and internalizing problems.…”

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“…A few other reviews of SFBT interventions that focus on youths in schools and family services have also been conducted (e.g., Bond, Woods, Humphrey, Symes, & Green, 2013;Corcoran, 2006;Kim & Franklin, 2009) but none of these reviews specifically addressed the effectiveness of SFBT with Asians or other ethnic minority groups. That said, some SFBT interventions in schools and youth services have focused their interventions on Hispanics and Asians with effective results (e.g., Harris & Franklin, 2008;Shin, 2009;Springer, Lynch, & Rubin, 2000).…”

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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy in China: A Meta-Analysis

Kim

Franklin

Ying-ping

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Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work

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The primary aim of this study was to assess the overall effectiveness of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) among Chinese populations with mental and behavioral health issues. A random effects meta-analysis of nine eligible studies was conducted on SFBT outcomes in China. SFBT was effective in reducing internalizing problems, with effect sizes ranging from g = 0.49 to 3.22. Results from pooled effect size estimates favoring SFBT ( g = 1.26) were large. These results highlight the positive impact SFBT has on Chinese clients with mental health-related problems. Implications for the use of SFBT among ethnic minority populations are discussed.

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“…SFT holds the belief that individuals possess the resources to envision and work towards solutions to their challenges (Kim & Franklin, 2009). SFT is client-centred and driven; in this model, clinicians work in collaboration with individuals receiving services (Koob & Love, 2010).…”

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Moving from Pathology to Possibility: Integrating Strengths-based Interventions in Child Welfare Provision

Sabalauskas¹,

Ortolani²,

McCall³

2014

Child Care in Practice

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Child welfare providers are increasingly required to demonstrate that strengths-based, evidence-informed practices are central to their intervention methodology. This case study describes how a large child welfare agency instituted cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) as the core component of a strength-based practice model with the goal of developing a unifying methodology for treatment and intervention across diverse programmes that range from community-based counselling to wraparound to acute residential care. One factor that aided implementation was that many agency staff had previously been using a variety of strengths-based tools, such as therapeutic crisis intervention, skills-based training, solution-focused therapy, and relaxation techniques in their work with children and youth. Challenges included creating a common training curriculum about CBT, trauma-focused CBT, and solution-focused therapy for hundreds of diverse staff; implementing ongoing support in the form of supervision and training; managing staff members' other theoretical orientations and some resistance to change; and developing documentation to integrate CBT into clinical assessments, progress notes, and service plans. This paper also describes the evaluation plan to assess fidelity to the practice model, including trauma-focused CBT practice checklists, a revised utilisation review process to assess documentation of strengthsbased interventions in case records, and the use of functional assessments to measure client outcomes.

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Solution-focused brief therapy in schools: A review of the outcome literature

Cited by 103 publications

References 22 publications

The Efficiency of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy on Adjustment Problems of Female Students in Amol, Iran

The Efficiency of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy on Adjustment Problems of Female Students in Amol, Iran

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy in China: A Meta-Analysis

Moving from Pathology to Possibility: Integrating Strengths-based Interventions in Child Welfare Provision

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