Solution Focused Brief Therapy in Alternative Schools: Ensuring Student Success and Preventing Dropout

Solution Focused Brief Therapy in Alternative Schools: Ensuring Student Success and Preventing Dropout

by Calvin L . Streeter (Author), Cynthia Franklin (Author), Linda Webb (Author), Cynthia Franklin (Author), Calvin L. Streeter (Author), Linda Webb (Author)

Synopsis

Solution Focused Brief Therapy in Alternative Schools (SFBT) provides a step-by-step guide for how school social workers and counselors can work with other school professionals to create an effective solution focused dropout prevention program. Along with illustrative cases and detailed explanations, the authors detail the curriculum and day-to-day operations of a solution focused dropout prevention program by drawing on the experiences of a school that uses this approach.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 08 Apr 2018

ISBN 10: 1138735914
ISBN 13: 9781138735910

Author Bio
Cynthia Franklin, PhD, LCSW, is Associate Dean for Doctoral Education, Stiernberg/Spencer Family Professor in Mental Health at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin, and an international expert on solution focused brief therapy. Calvin L. Streeter, PhD, is Meadows Foundation Centennial Professor in the Quality of Life in Rural Environment at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin, and an expert in community-based practice. Linda Webb, PhD, is Principal of Gonzalo Garza Independence High School and known internationally for the outstanding contributions to solution focused classrooms and for her leadership in transforming urban schools. Samantha Guz, MSSW, LSW, is a graduate of the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin and is a social work practitioner with expertise in at-risk youths in schools.