Dr. John Murphy Professor, University of Central Arkansas

 

 

 

 

 

Workshop 8

Conducting Student-Driven Interviews: Practical Strategies for Involving Students in School Solutions

 

 

Expanding on his most recent book, Conducting Student-Driven Interviews (Routledge Press, 2013), Dr. Murphy provides step-by-step guidelines along with practical skills and strategies for conducting student-driven interviews with preschool through high school students who experience a variety of school problems. The workshop illustrates language and questioning strategies aimed at connecting with hard-to-reach students, increasing student investment in school solutions, creating customized interventions “one student at time,” and obtaining ongoing student feedback. Videotaped and live demonstrations, experiential exercises, and practice activities are used to increase the practical application of workshop techniques the very next day on the job. This training will serve as a valuable roadmap in your efforts to actively involve students in the search for solutions to school behavior problems.

 

Sample Workshop Agenda

 

Morning

Quick Exercise/Client Illustration

Setting the Stage for Change

Discussing Problems in Solution-Focused Ways

Creating Goals that Matter 

 

Lunch

 

Afternoon

Building on What Works I: Non-Problems

Building on What Works II: Natural Resources

Empowering Desired Changes

Question & Answer/Wrap-Up

 

CEU/Learning Objectives

Workshop participants will obtain knowledge and skills in:

·       Establishing quick connections with hard-to-reach students

·       Discussing problems in solution-focused ways;

·       Creating goals that matter to students;

·       Building on students’ strengths, successes, and natural resources;

·       Evaluating and empowering desired changes through client feedback and collaborative dialogue