Kids'Skills

25/04/2024

https://kaksplus.fi/vanhemmuus/kasvatus/moni-vanhempi-komentaa-lastaan-nain-vaikkei-silla-ole-toivottua-vaikutusta-psykiatri-ben-furman-suosittelee-aivan-toista-keinoa/

Rauhoitu, keskity ja kaikki älä-alkuinen on lapsen komentamisessa tehotonta, sanoo psykiatri Ben Furman. Tarjolla olisi parempikin keino.

24/03/2024

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This is the fourth time we organise this event in the Netherlands, this time in the wonderful Amsterdam. Join to meet with an international crowd of solution-focused practitioners, listen to interesting talks and hang around with some lovely people from around the world. A must for European brief therapists and a delight for those who join from overseas. Don't miss the SF Oscar ceremony!

17/01/2022

New research report on Kids'Skills
Familiendynamik Januar 2022, 47. Jahrgang, Heft 1, pp 32-43
Ich Schaff's - Pilot-Evaluation eines systemisch-integrativen Beratungsprogramms in der Schulsozialarbeit

Abstract
»Kids’ Skills!« – Pilot Evaluation of a Systemic-Integrative Counselling Programme for Social Work in Schools
The article summarises the outcome of a three-month evaluation of the »Kids’ Skills!« (ich schaff’s) programme undertaken in the context of school social work at a German Hauptschule (lower secondary education). The objective was to measure the effect of the programme on personal and environmental resources of the pupils over and against those of a comparison group. The intervention was aimed at pupils probably exposed to a number of risk factors and displaying the effects of those factors in everyday school life. The outcome of the evaluation suggests that compared to the control group, those pupils receiving counselling in accordance with the flexible 15-stage »Kids’ Skills!« programme achieved significant changes in their subjective feelings of empathy, self-efficacy and self-worth. There were also favourable changes in their subjective experience of integration into school life. Accordingly, the introduction of the programme in practical social work at school appears recommendable. At the same time, further evaluations are necessary to test for the stability of this outcome. In the final analysis, the results reported here encourage practical social work accompanied by evaluations as a way of furthering the cross-sectoral scientific and scholarly recognition of systemic procedures.

27/04/2021

A research report on the effects of Kids'Skills in Finnish day care centers.

(2021). Children developing self-regulation skills in a Kids’ Skills intervention programme in Finnish Early Childhood Education and Care. Early Child Development and Care. Ahead of Print.

11/03/2021

There was a meeting yesterday where our German representatives and several of their partners, including Carl Auer Verlag, the publisher of Kids'Skills books met to discuss ways of taking Kids'Skills the next step in German speaking countries. Kids'Skills, or Ich Schaff's as it is called in Germany, is quite popular in German countries. It has a good reputation and somehow fits very well with the current trends, including NVR (non-violent resistance) which is also very popular in those countries.

01/12/2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBhoi4rBWZM&feature=youtu.be

Episode 30 of Parenting 2.0 The Focused Mindset welcomes Dr. Ben Furman to the show. Listen as we discuss how approach discipline with a solution focused min...

31/07/2020

https://moseshng.wordpress.com/2020/07/31/using-the-circle-of-strength-and-tree-rings-tools-to-work-with-clients/

I attended a workshop conducted by Dr Ben Furman on 26-27 Sep 2019, held at the Institute of Mental Health, Singapore. The seminar titled “Solution Focused Therapy with so-called difficult ca…

08/07/2020

Check out this video. It is fantastic. The speaker is Alan Kazdin, a psychologist who has developed a scientifically proven parenting training program. In this video he speaks about positive opposites which is in fact the very same idea that Kids'Skills is based on.

Video created by Yale University for the course "Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing". Module 2 focuses on the “C” in the ABC formula which is what comes after the behavior such as praise, rewards, attention, or punishment.

27/02/2020

Have you heard about the Flowerpot theory? Now this 30 min video where I explain it has English subtitles. See what you think about the idea. I have presented it in many congresses to make sense of why we work the way we work in Kids'Skills and in SFT.

Esittelen tässä videossa teorian, joka sanoo, että onnistumiseen lasten ja nuorten auttamisessa tarvitaan 1) toiveikkuutta 2) yhteistyötä ja 3) luovuutta. Nä...

20/01/2020

There is now a scientific article available about the evidence-base of the Skilful Class method. Download the article from the link below

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31/12/2019

I am proud of you - Kids'Skills for parents - is now available in Persian language. This book has not been published in English (I have not found a publisher) but it is available in a few other languages including Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Chinese and Japanese.

31/12/2019

Kids'Skills in Action is now available in Persian (Farsi) language.