Kids' Skills


Kids' Skills is a solution-focused method with which you can help children solve their own problems by learning skills.

NEWS
Ben Furman's latest book "Kids' Skills - Playful and practical solution finding with children" will be published in English in July 2004 by StLukes Innovative Resources in Australia.

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Bam, the Kids' Wizard
An amazing computer program, that helps children overcome problems with Kids' Skills.
The program is available on CD but it can also be used over the Internet.

Read the Kids' Skills tale
Bam the Kids' Wizard tells the enchanting story of how Kids' Skills was invented a long long time ago.

Kids' Skills in a nutshell
A short illustrated introduction to Kids' Skills.

The fifteen steps of Kids' Skills
A summary of the fifteen steps of Kids' Skills. Enough information to get you started!

Learn Kids' Skills
Learn the principles Kids' Skills by studying this teaching program which provides clear answers to the key questions of Kids' Skills.

Kids' Skills ambassadors
We are presently building up a network of people who wish to actively spread the word about Kids' Skills. If you have experience of using this method or you have participated in a training seminar, you could join the international network of Kids' Skills ambassadors. Just let us know if you are interested.


INTERNATIONAL
For more information and training in Kids' Skills please contact

England: Andrew Duggan, (on the right) Ireland: Lisa Brennan Australia: St. Luke's Innovative Resources Bulgaria: Boyan Strahilov. Persia: Hooshmand Ebrahimi USA: Belinda H. Willis

Solution stories
Ben Furman has written a series of illustrated story books for children and their parents to read together. They have been published in Finnish. These lovely books are looking for interested publishers in other countries. See some images and and read the English translation of two of the books.

Mission Possible
A modification of Kids' Skills specially designed for adolescents. Read the instructions.

The Steps of Responsibility
Learn about how to deal with the wrongdoings of children. The English version of this web site is sponsored by the Connect Initiative of European Union

On this website you will also find a computer program that helps youngsters compose an apology letter based on the Steps of Responsibility.

Feedback
We are always delighted to get feedback from visitors to these pages. Please let us know what you think. Your mail will go directly to Ben Furman.

Webshop
Visit our webshop to buy Kids' Skills products, The Bam CD, and other solution-focused materials for helping children overcome problems. You can pay your purchases at our webshop securely using your credit card.

Research
We colect news and abstracts about Kids' Skills reseach projects. Please don't hesitate to submit.