Kids' Skills is a cooperative method for helping children overcome bahavioral and emotional problems based on solution-focused psychology.
New! An article written by Ben Furman about Kids' Skills has appeard in the November-December issue of the Psychotherapy Networker Magazine. The article includes a comment by Michael Ungar and an answer by Ben. Click here to read online.
New! 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.
Read
the Kids' Skills tale
Bam the Kids' Wizard tells the enchanting story of how Kids' Skills
was invented a long long time ago.
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 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.
INTERNATIONAL
For more information and training in Kids' Skills please contact
England: Andrew Duggan, Ireland: Lisa Brennan Australia: 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
Ben Furman has written three illustrated story books for
children to be read together with parents. They have
been published in Finnish and Norwegian.
One of these books is available here as a web version in English
and Dutch. The text of the two other books is available 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.
Research
There are to date only
a few research projects evaluating Kids' Skills. Click on the heading
to see what's currently available.
Webshop
Visit the webshop of
Helsinki Brief Therapy Institute to buy Kids' Skills products and
other solution-focused materials for helping children overcome
problems.
You can pay your
purchases at our webshop securely using your credit card.