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This article describes the ways in which a solution-focused practice approach is advantageous for social workers working in a variety of settings with juvenile offenders, due to its strengths-based and positive orientation. The general approach is discussed as well as specific techniques and examples of applications, such as building a relationship with a juvenile offender who has been mandated into services, finding and amplifying exceptions to the problem and other resources and strengths, and setting goals with the use of scaling questions.
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Corcoran, J. A Solution-Oriented Approach to Working with Juvenile Offenders . Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 14, 277–288 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024546425621
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