Chapter 1: Introduction 13Coaching Examples
Examples presented throughout the toolkit are based on coaching
experiences led by the Northern California Training, but are
fictitious. In addition, several videos accompany the toolkit,
providing more thorough scenarios of coaching strategies.
Many of the examples are based on coaching safety organized
practice (term first coined by Andrew Turnell, 2004). The SOP
methodology is informed by a variety of best- and evidence-
informed practices, including group supervision (Shulman, 1993;
Lohrbach & Sawyer 2004), Signs of Safety (Turnell & Edwards,
1999), motivational interviewing (Rolnick and Miller, 1995), and
solution-focused treatment (DeShazer, Berg, Lipchik, Nunnally,
Molar, Gingerich, & Weiner-Davis, 1986). Safety-organized practice
brings a common language and framework for enhanced critical
thinking and judgment on the part of all involved with a family in
the pursuit of a balanced, complete picture of child welfare issues.
Safety-organized practices are both practice strategies and
concrete tools for "on-the-ground" child welfare workers,
supervisors and managers to enhance family participation and foster
equitable decision making. The main objectives consist of:
Strategies for the creation of effective working relationships and a
shared focus to guide casework among all stakeholders
(including the child, family, worker, supervisor, and extended
community). These strategies include facilitated family meeting,