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Every interaction with a young person who is struggling is an opportunity for change. This highly practical guide helps school practitioners find effective solutions to academic and behavioral problems through brief counseling. It shows how to build on the ideas and resources that students, parents, and teachers bring to the intervention process, within an innovative, research-supported, time-limited framework. Extensive case material illustrates the authors' creative approach to building solutions and "busting problems" by putting clients in the driver's seat. Filled with real-world examples from both elementary and secondary settings, the book presents creative strategies for addressing disciplinary problems, poor academic performance, anxiety, compulsive behaviors, and other common difficulties.

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John J. Murphy, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Counseling at the University of Central Arkansas, is a practitioner, author, and trainer of brief therapy and strengths-based approaches with children, adolescents, and school problems. Dr. Murphy is a former public school teacher who has been cited as one of the top five school psychologists in the United States. He is a Section Director in the Heart and Soul of Change Project and a featured therapist in the video training series, Child Therapy with the Experts. He continues to practice in schools and to train people throughout the United States and overseas. His website is www.drjohnmurphy.com. Barry L. Duncan, PsyD, is a therapist, trainer, and researcher with over 17,000 hours of clinical experience. He is Director of the Heart and Soul of Change Project (www.heartandsoulofchange.com), a practice-driven training and research initiative that focuses on what works in therapy and substance abuse treatment, and more importantly, how to deliver it on the front lines via client-based outcome feedback. Dr. Duncan has authored or coauthored over 100 publications, including 15 books. His most recent books include the second edition of the bestselling Heart and Soul of Change and On Becoming a Better Therapist. He is the codeveloper of the Outcome Rating Scale and Session Rating Scale.

Kenny: An Introduction to What Works	p. 1
Conclusions	p. 3
Empirical Foundations of Effective Intervention	p. 5
Why Intervention Really Works	p. 6
The Intervention Pie	p. 8
Three Guidelines for Effective Intervention	p. 13
Conclusions	p. 31
Assessment 1: Recruiting the Heroic Client	p. 33
The Heroic Client: Recruiting Strengths, Resources, and Ideas	p. 33
Harvesting Change Possibilities	p. 44
Conclusions	p. 72
Assessment 2: Becoming Outcome Informed	p. 73
Change Is Predictable	p. 74
Tracking Outcome and Alliance	p. 75
Partnering with Students, Parents, and Teachers: The Nuts and Bolts	p. 80
Outcome-Informed Intervention: Doing What Works, Changing What Doesn't	p. 90
Outcome and the Future: Imagine...	p. 99
Brief Intervention: Solution Building	p. 100
Referral and Background Information	p. 100
Establishing Client-Directed Partnerships	p. 101
The Three-Step Method of Solution Building	p. 110
Monitoring and Empowering Intervention Outcomes	p. 117
Conclusions	p. 124
Brief Intervention: Problem Busting	p. 125
Referral and Background Information	p. 125
Establishing Client-Directed Partnerships	p. 126
The Three-Step Method of Problem Busting	p. 129
Monitoring and Empowering Intervention Outcomes	p. 141
Conclusions	p. 146
Medication, Children, and Schools: The Guidelines Still Apply	p. 147
Medication Generation	p. 148
Childhood Problems and Diagnosis	p. 152
Effectiveness of Child Psychotropic Medications	p. 155
Safety of Child Psychotropic Medications	p. 163
A Risk-Benefit Decision	p. 165
Conclusions	p. 167
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 168
Conclusions	p. 176
Index of Client Examples	p. 179
Outcome and Session Rating Scales	p. 184
Making the Numbers Count	p. 191
Change-by-Meeting Curve	p. 192
Simple Linear Regression	p. 193
References	p. 195
Index	p. 203
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Brief Intervention for School Problems Outcome-Informed Strategies

Brief Intervention for School Problems Outcome-Informed Strategies

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