1. Elizabeth Stahl May 1, 2012 SWK 707 School of Social Work, Salem State University

2. Elementary Schools Latency Aged Boys 9 - 12 Emotional and Behavioral Disorders School Adjustment Counseling

4. Schools are becoming primary resource centers for counseling children Highest drop out rates for children with E/B disabilities B A E: Studies supporting effect of CBT, Play Therapy, Social Work practice and SFBT Intervention: Solution Focused Brief Therapy - Solution focused rather than problem focused Mentors, alliances and protective factors Strengths Based v Punitive Approach

5. Intervention of SFBT with E/B students recommended for SAC Training School Counselors in SFBT Operationalize SFBT for eight session intervention Purposive Sampling Qualitative Research – small sample size Semi-structured questioning Inclusive of parents and teachers

6. Outcome measures: Continual - questionnaire for SAC, Student and Teacher one month after completion of therapy Justification: to discover if the student continued to have emotional and/or behavioral problems in the classroom If so, how often? Provides a basis to calculate whether or not there has been improvement.