Working with Violence and Confrontation Using Solution Focused Approaches ─ Creative Practice With Children, Young People and Adults

This guide describes solution-focused approaches to working with violence and confrontation in children, young people, and adults, with an emphasis on safety. It uses the principles of the Signs of Safety model: understanding the position of each family member, finding exceptions to the violence, discovering strengths and resources that can be used in the problem situation, focusing on the goals of all involved to ensure the safety of the most vulnerable, scaling safety and progress, and assessing willingness, confidence, and capacity to change. It also addresses ending a session and groupwork. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Previously a senior lecturer in social work, Judith Milner recently retired from work as a therapist, consultant and independent expert to family courts in child protection, domestic violence and contested contact cases. She is widely published on solution focused practice. Steve Myers is Director of Social Sciences at University of Salford, Manchester. A social work academic since 1995, he has led research projects and has authored and co-authored a series of books and articles about violence, sex and solutions. Judith and Steve both live in Yorkshire.