Conducting Student-Driven Interviews: Practical Strategies for Increasing Student Involvement and Addressing Behavior Problems

209 Pages·2013·0.63 MB·English

by  John J. Murphy

John J. Murphy
C O N D U C T I N G
STUDENT-DRIVEN
I N T E R V I E W S
PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING
STUDENT INVOLVEMENT AND
ADDRESSING BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS
SCHOOL-BASED PRACTICE IN ACTION SERIES
Conducting Student-Driven
Interviews
This user-friendly book equips school practitioners with practical skills and strate-
gies for conducting student-driven interviews—conversations that invite students
of all ages to take charge of school behavior problems and build solutions based on
their own strengths and resources. In contrast to traditional interviewing models
that approach behavior problems by focusing on what is wrong and missing in
students’ lives, student-driven interviews help students discover and apply what is
right and working in their lives—successes, strengths, values, and other “natural
resources.”
In Conducting Student-Driven Interviews, readers will learn how to customize
every conversation one student at a time using ideas and techniques that have
been field tested for application to real problems of real students in the real world
of schools. The book’s positive, student-driven approach is illustrated through
dozens of real-life dialogues and examples involving a wide range of students and
problems, and the author’s irrepressible faith in students’ ability to change jumps
off every page. School-based professionals of all backgrounds will find Conducting
Student-Driven Interviews an invaluable roadmap for increasing students’ involve-
ment in every aspect of their care, from goal development through evaluation of
services.
CE credit is available to purchasers of this book at www.mensanapublications.
com.
John J. Murphy, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of Central Arkan-
sas. He is also an internationally recognized author and trainer on using strength-
based therapy approaches with young people and school problems. His books have
been translated into multiple languages and his work has been featured in the New
York Times bestseller Switch and the training series Child Therapy with the Experts.
He is a sought-after workshop presenter who has trained thousands of mental health
professionals and teachers in the US and overseas. More information on his work
and training workshops can be found at www.drjohnmurphy.com.
School-Based Practice in Action Series
Series Editors
Rosemary B. Mennuti, EdD, NCSP
and
Ray W. Christner, PsyD, NCSP
Cognitive Health Solutions, LLC
This series provides school-based practitioners with concise practical guidebooks
that are designed to facilitate the implementation of evidence-based programs
into school settings, putting the best practices in action.
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Conducting Student-Driven Interviews: Practical Strategies for Increasing Student
Involvement and Addressing Behavior Problems
John J. Murphy

Conducting
Student-Driven Interviews
Practical Strategies for Increasing
Student Involvement and Addressing
Behavior Problems
JOHN J. MURPHY
First published 2013
by Routledge
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Simultaneously published in the UK
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Murphy, John J. (John Joseph), 1955–
Conducting student-driven interviews :
practical strategies for increasing student involvement and
addressing behavior problems / John J. Murphy.—1st Edition.
pages cm.—(School-based practice in action series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978–0–415–63601–8 (hbk. : alk. paper)—
ISBN 978–0–415–63602–5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
BF637.I5M87 2013
371.102'3—dc23
2012032606
ISBN: 978–0–415–63601–8 (hbk)
ISBN: 978–0–415–63602–5 (pbk)
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To the students I have been privileged to serve.
Thanks for teaching me how to be useful.

Contents
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes ..................................................................xi
Series Editors’ Foreword .............................................................................xiii
Preface .........................................................................................................xv
Acknowledgments ......................................................................................xviii
PART I—Foundations ....................................................................................1
CHAPTER 1—Lessons from the Greats ...........................................................3
CHAPTER 2—Key Foundations and Features of Student-Driven
Interviewing ............................................................................14
CHAPTER 3—Meeting Students Where They Are: Developmental
Accommodations ....................................................................33