Effectiveness of solution-focused brief therapy in a school setting

Children and Schools

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-26

  Franklin, Cynthia ^a   Moore, Kelly ^a   Hopson, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief therapy; Effectiveness; Intervention; Middle school; Solution focused

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749140435     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/30.1.15     Document Type: Article

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