CREATING SOLUTION-FOCUSED PARTNERSHIP

Course overview

This course is targeted for Speech-Language Pathologists in acute and sub-acute rehabilitation settings. Couple and family therapists and some speech-language pathologists have recently begun to use solution-focused brief therapy to promote functional change in their clients lives. This session will illustrate how a solution-focused approach can also facilitate building partnerships between speech-language pathologists and members of their clients social network, including family members, and professional and paraprofessional staff in rehabilitation settings, A solution-focused approach can promote the creation of cooperative working relationships, improve goal achievement, and maximize generalization of goal-directed behaviors across partners and environments. In this program, I'll describe and provide examples of three solution-focused techniques that are well suited to acute and post-acute rehabilitation settings. Objective Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: describe the purpose of solution focused therapy describe three solution-focused techniques discuss how each of three solution-focused techniques can improve collaboration with staff and family members in acute and sub-acute health care settings Additional Information This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate Level, Professional Area) Course Timeline: 10 min: What is solution focused therapy 50 min: Examples of solution focused therapy