SOCW 6060 Walden University Solution Focused Model Discussion
ANSWER
In my past fieldwork experience, I worked with a family struggling with communication issues, particularly between a teenage daughter and her parents.
Solution-Focused Questions:
- Coping Question: “Could you share with me a time when you felt your communication with your parents was at its best, even for just a brief moment?”
- Asking this question helps the client reflect on past instances of successful communication, allowing them to identify strategies or moments when they coped effectively with the issue. This can serve as a foundation for building better communication in the future.
- Scaling Question: “On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the worst communication possible and 10 being the best, where do you think your family’s communication stands right now?”
- This question encourages the client to assess the current state of communication within the family objectively. It provides a numerical representation that can help in setting specific goals for improvement. It also opens the door for discussing what it would take to move one step higher on the scale, guiding the client toward potential solutions.
Question Description
I’m working on a social science discussion question and need support to help me learn.
In 1–2 sentences, briefly identify and describe the problem as perceived by the client, family, or group that you dealt with in your past fieldwork or professional experience.
From the list of solution-focused questions on page 520 (e.g., exception questions, coping questions, scaling questions, and relationship questions), identify two different types of questions. Ask each question as if you were actually asking the questions to the client. (Remember: Do not use the miracle question.)
Remember that the goal of these questions is to assist clients in identifying a solution.
- Remember to treat this prompt as a roleplay—imagine you are with the client(s) in the case study.
- Explain how asking these two questions would help the client in coming up with the solution.