Solution-focused principles and practices are being applied in many exciting ways in schools around the world. Counselling and consulting with students, parents, teachers, and families; classroom teaching; reducing and preventing bullying; organisational change; and team-building are just a few examples of solution-focused applications in schools. This lively, interactive workshop: (a) describes how solution-focused ideas and methods are being used in schools throughout the world by and for pupils/students, educators, parents, school administrators, counsellors, coaches, psychologists, social workers, and others involved with preschool through secondary schools; and (b) encourages participants to share their hopes, experiences, success stories, challenges, unique applications, and possible next steps related to solution-focused practices in schools. The following questions, along with others offered by participants, will be used to generate useful conversations, considerations, and possibilities about solution-focused practice in schools: Who is the ‘client’ in school services? What are some common challenges encountered by solution-focused practitioners who work in schools, and how can we respond to these challenges in productive, solution-focused ways? This session encourages lively discussion of these and other topics related to current and future solution-focused applications, challenges, and possibilities in schools.
