Solution Circles

A Solution Circle is a 30 minute creative Problem Solving Process for getting unstuck…Ideal for busy people! lt was designed by Marsha Forest & Jack Pearpoint. This is a short and powerful tool. It is effective in getting “unstuck” from a problem in life or work. Solution Circles are tools of “community capacity”. It assumes and demonstrates that nearby people – in any community or work place have the capacity to help – if asked. It requires a person to ASK – not an easy thing in our culture of privacy and “do it alone”. This tool puts all the values we espouse into practice and demonstrates that TOGETHER WE’RE BETTER.

Course Category

Problem Solving

Description

A Solution Circle is a 30 minute creative Problem Solving Process for getting unstuck…Ideal for busy people! lt was designed by Marsha Forest & Jack Pearpoint. This is a short and powerful tool. It is effective in getting “unstuck” from a problem in life or work. Solution Circles are tools of “community capacity”. It assumes and demonstrates that nearby people – in any community or work place have the capacity to help – if asked. It requires a person to ASK – not an easy thing in our culture of privacy and “do it alone”. This tool puts all the values we espouse into practice and demonstrates that TOGETHER WE’RE BETTER.

In this training you will learn how to set up and facilitate Solution Circles 

Learning Objectives

  1. For participants to learn how to facilitate a Solution Circle
  2. For participants to understand the underlying rationale and ethos of this way of working
  3. For participants to learn the power of team work and problem solving when including challenging individuals 

Who Is It For?

  • Team Around the Child agencies
  • Parents and Professional working together
  • Families
  • Multi Agency Teams
  • Social workers
  • CAMHS teams
  • Year Managers
  • Primary and secondary staff teams
  • Early Years and School based Practitioners
  • Heads and Deputies
  • SENDCOs
  • Advanced Skills Teachers
  • Primary and secondary teachers
  • Local Authority Support Services

Course Content

This can be introduced in a twilight, half day or even a full day workshop with individualised coaching. We will provide background context for this approach and will directly model the process with real live issues facing participants. So bring your most challenging concerns to this training.

The course answers the questions:

  • What to when you are stuck
  • Can we find an alternative to permanent exclusion or special unit or school placement?
  • Struggling with a child for whom praise is ineffective?
  • Feeling isolated in your responses to a child’s needs?
  • Worried about where your instinctive reactions are leading you?
  • Cannot seem to get any consensus view of a young person’s behaviour/needs amongst all the family and professionals involved – is everyone pulling in different directions?

We will cover:

  • Setting the tone
  • Background and detailed teaching of process
  • Inclusion values underpinning this work
  • Graphic and process facilitation skills
  • Processes modelled and opportunities to try process out with coaching
  • Practical setting up of insights and solutions circles
  • Lessons learned

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