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To go full Jedi

John Brooker & Annie Bordeleau [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG-CLXDUio4] Introduction by John Brooker What can people in organisations learn about the use of SF from social workers working with children and families? A great deal it seems. Sue Lancaster is a Service Manager in the Children and Family Service department of Essex Council in England. She manages The Divisional Based Intervention Team Service (D-BIT). This is an “edge of care” service which steps in where there is concern over family relationships breaking down and fragmentation may lead to children being moved in to care.

Application of SF Methods

Jody’s curiosity about what her friend did with her client that worked, could be compared to the attention the developers of solution-focused practice paid to what worked in the therapy they were doing. It also makes her article as much about learning the solution-focused approach as about its application to court proceedings.

Solution Focused Practice

Guy Shennan & Loredana Grigore & Greg Oberbeck SFiO - Solution Focus in Organisations · Solution Focused Practice With Guy Shennan A Chapter with the Author Guy Shennan & Loredana Grigore & Greg Oberbeck In this SFiO Chapter with the Author, Loredana Grigore and Greg Oberbeck lead the conversation and encourage questions from the audience about Guy Shennan’s book ‘Solution Focused Practice - Effective Communication to Facilitate Change’.

It’s a Family Affair

Louis Cauffman & Andrew Gibson SFiO - Solution Focus in Organisations · Louis Cauffman A Chapter with the Author Conversation with Louis Cauffman and Andrew Gibson above Louis Cauffman & Andrew Gibson Book reviewed by Andrew Gibson I once met a new client who owned a small boutique hotel. She wanted to retire and pass her business on to her children. Unfortunately, neither of her children wanted to take the business on.