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Solution-Focused Approaches in the Practice of UK Educational Psychologists

A Study of the Nature of Their Application and Evidence of Their Effectiveness

Department of Psychology, Strathyclyde University, Glasgow, UK

James Boyle

Department of Psychology, Strathyclyde University, Glasgow, UK

Lisa Woolfson

Department of Psychology, Strathyclyde University, Glasgow, UK

Solution-focused approaches are increasingly widely used in the practice of the applied educational psychologist (EP) (Ajmal and Rees, 2001; Durrant, 1993; Redpath and Harper, 1999; Rhodes and Ajmal, 1995). Based on a small-scale computer-mediated exploratory survey, this article examines the nature of such practice and investigates whether and how solution-focused practice is evaluated and contributes to EPs’ knowledge and skills base. The exploratory study is integrated into an overview of solution-focused therapy and a literature review of the application of solution-focused practice by EPs. Based on the review and analysis of the survey, the article proposes ways by which solution-focused practice can be evaluated by busy EP practitioners and therefore become potentially evidence-based.

School Psychology International, Vol. 26, No. 1, 5-28 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0143034305050890


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