Solution-oriented approach in social education

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The solution-oriented approach in social work is based on the ideas of the solution-oriented short therapy by Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg . It is about the application of the knowledge, attitude and methods of solution-oriented short-term therapy to work in socio-educational institutions.

history

The idea of ​​the solution-oriented approach originated from Kaspar and Marianne Bäschlin, who for many years ran a factory school for male youth in Switzerland. After getting to know Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg, they tried to adapt the ideas, principles and techniques of solution orientation - or solution focus, as it is also called - to work in the socio-educational field. What began with the attempt in this one factory school, eventually led over the years and through the efforts of Kaspar and Marianne Bäschlin to the fact that the solution-oriented approach gained some prominence in specialist circles in Switzerland and that some socio-educational institutions are now working according to this approach and are also doing so other specialist groups such as social workers, teachers, curative educators and psychiatric nurses are interested in it and also apply it.

The solution-oriented attitude

The ability to take a solution-oriented attitude towards other people is (partly) decisive when applying the solution-oriented approach. This includes the following points:

  • Positive image of man
  • Appreciative attitude
  • Do not know
  • Ask instead of saying
  • The clients set the goals
  • Recognize resources and skills, focus on success
  • Talk to the client instead of about them
  • Create hope

Assumptions

In addition to the solution-oriented attitude, the following assumptions form the starting point for working with clients:

  1. Problems are challenges that everyone seeks to overcome in their own personal way.
  2. All people have resources to shape their lives. Individuals are knowledgeable and competent in their own affairs. The client is the expert in their own life.
  3. People cannot “not cooperate”. Every reaction is a form of cooperation (including what we perceive as resistance.)
  4. Nothing is always the same. Exceptions indicate solutions.
  5. People influence each other. They are more likely to cooperate and change more easily in an environment that supports their strengths and skills.
  6. It is useful to listen carefully to what the client is saying and take seriously what he is saying. We are tempted to read between the lines, but there is nothing there.
  7. It is helpful to focus on success in the present and to derive small steps for the future from this.
  8. To stop something, to stop something, is the most difficult form of change. Starting something new is much easier and more fun.
  9. You don't have to know and analyze the problem to find a solution.
  10. What we fight, we strengthen.
  11. Behind every allegation and every lawsuit there is a wish that is worth tracking down.

literature

  • Insoo Kim Berg: Families - Cohesion (s). A brief therapeutic and solution-oriented workbook . Modern learning publishing house, Dortmund, 7th edition, 2002.
  • Insoo Kim Berg u. Peter de Jong: Finding solutions. The workshop book of solution-oriented short therapy . 6. improved and advanced Ed., Modernes Lern ​​Verlag, Dortmund 2008.
  • Michael Durrant: You can build on your strengths: solution-oriented work in homes and other stationary settings . Modern learning publishing house, Dortmund, 3rd edition, 2002.
  • Therese Steiner u. Insoo Kim Berg: Handbook of solution-oriented work with children . Carl-Auer-Systeme Verlag, Heidelberg, 3rd edition, 2008.
  • Therese Steiner: Now let's say ... suggestions for solution-focused work with children and young people . Carl Auer Systems Verlag, Heidelberg, 2011.

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