What is
Kids' Skills
Kids' Skills
is a cooperative method for helping children overcome behavioral
and emotional problems based on solution-focused
psychology and developed by Dr. Ben Furman and his colleagues in
Finland.
Kids' Skills Oline - computer program on the net
Click
logo to find out more!
Kids'
Skills in Action.
A delightful book with stories from around the world of
children overcoming problems with the help of Kids' Skills. Published
in English by St Lukes Innovative Resources in July 2010. Available
in America through www.cavershambooksellers.com
News! An article written by Ben Furman about Kids' Skills appeared in the November-December 2009 issue of the Psychotherapy Networker Magazine. The article includes a comment by Michael Ungar and an answer by Ben. Click here to read online.
News! A colorful workbook with simple instructions for children and detailed instructions for adults. The workbook includes a form the child can fill in after learning three skills to order a cool Master of Kids' Skills certificate for free. Available from the webshop of Helsinki Brief Therapy Institute.
Kids'
Skills in a nutshell
An illustrated outline of Kids' Skills. Check this out first if you haven't
seen it before.
The
fifteen steps of Kids' Skills
A summary of the
fifteen steps of Kids' Skills. Enough information to get you
started!
Bam,
the Kids' Wizard
Bam is an animated
computer program based on the steps of Kids'
Skills. The
program is available
on CD through the webshop of Helsinki Brief Therapy Institute.
Learn
Kids' Skills
Learn the principles Kids' Skills by studying this teaching program which provides
clear answers
to
the
key
questions
of
Kids'
Skills.
Research
There are to date only a few research
projects evaluating Kids' Skills. Click on the heading to see what's currently
available.
A cheerful and empowering five-session parenting program aimed at parents and other people who care for children. Read more here.
International
For more information and training in Kids' Skills please contact England: Andrew
Duggan, Ireland: Lisa
Brennan Australia: Strenghtening
Family Connections,
Jeppoon and Lighthouse
Resources, Brisbane, Bulgaria: Boyan
Strahilov. Persia: Hooshmand
Ebrahimi USA: Belinda
H. Willis Montréal: Josée
Lamarre Quebec Lucile
Bouchard Singapore: Edwin
Tan. Japan: Yuka
Samata Taiwan Wei-Su
Hsu Sweden Stefan
Görson, Denmark Henrik
Petersen.
Solution
stories
Three illustrated story books for
children. Published in Finnish, Norwegian, Dutch and Swedish.
You can read them here online in English.
The
Steps of Responsibility
Instead of punishing children when they do wrong things you can help
them to take responsibility for their action. The
English translation of
this web
material has been sponsored by the Connect Initiative of European Union.
On this site you will also find a multilingual program that helps youngsters compose an apology letter based on the principles Steps of Responsibility.
Mission
Possible
MP is a modification of Kids' Skills suitable for adolescents. Click
on the heading to read the step-by-step instructions.
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 the webshop of
Helsinki Brief Therapy Institute to see or buy Kids' Skills products
and other solution-focused materials for helping children overcome
problems.
You can pay your
purchases here securely using your credit card. Kids'
Skills books are also available in the Americas through www.cavershambooksellers.com
Kids'
Skills ambassadors
We are 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 can register as a Kids' Skills ambassador. Let us
know of your interest.