Solution Focused in education, books and coaching - CV Ella de Jong
Author:
How to be a supportive team member. Practical guideline for creating wellbeing at work. (eBook) Bookboon, October 2023.
Solution Focused Mentoring. 5 Steps to bring out the best in your mentee and yourself. (eBook) Bookboon, January 2015 second edition September 2017, Over 35,000 downloads
www.bookboon.com and www.amazon.com
Co-author:
'Vertrouwen in ieder kind.' - Translated and complemented 'Working Solution Focused in schools - Mr. Bear in the classroom' (by Paolo Terni) into Dutch
https://www.swpbook.com/boeken...
Translated into Dutch:
Mr. Bear wants to be loved. Solution-focused stories about how to make change easier. For children and their parents. Written by Poalo Terni.
https://www.amazon.com/author/ellajong
Created workshops + training courses
* Online Workshop and Training Course 'Tackle Your Challenge!'. (2020)
* Training course: “Energizing communication with troubled youth” – (2016)
* Workshops: “VOICE!” and “The SMILE-dip” full of solution-focused ‘self-activating’ assignments. (2012)
Coaching and counselling:
- parents, teachers, young adults, teenagers and young children
Diploma’s & Certification:
- 2024, Working Traumasensitive in class, JA Jeugdformaat, NL
- 2019, Kids' Skills Coach, Ben Furman, Finland
- 2012, Schoolcounselling, Stichting Counselling Nederland, Heteren, NL
- 2006, Master Ecological Pedagogy, Hogeschool Utrecht, NL
Teacher:
1984 – present
Various primary schools: special education needs – innovating non-formal educational systems – regular schools. Schools situated in challenging social districts and schools situated in somewhat wealthy districts. Children aged from 4 to 12 years (children with all kinds of challenges: highly gifted - intellectual disabilities - neurodivergent - social and emotional stress)
At present part-time teacher of 2E children: Twice Exceptional. Highly gifted children with neurodiversity challenges ( Autism / ADHD / ...) + teaching pre-schoolers with special educational needs.
Attended congresses – mastercourses - workshops:
- August 2, 2024, online live stream, Solution Focused School Conference, invited by the organizer Linda Metcalf, USA, session 'Special pre-schoolers need your special skills'
- May 16, 2024, Slovakia, invited to present a workshop for mentors, coaches, and educators. Mentória.sk
- September 2017 and 2019, EBTA Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria and Florence, Italy (workshop presenter)
- September 2017, Mastercourse Ben Furman, Kids' Skills
- June 2016, Skills and Solutions, Solution Focused World Conference Amsterdam, NL (workshop presenter)
- February 2015, The Solution Focused Expo, Denver, USA (workshop presenter)
- September 2014, EBTA, Leeuwarden, NL
- June 2014, Just Suppose … , Solution Focused World Conference, Amsterdam, NL (poster presentation)
- February 2014, The Solution Focused Expo, Orlando, USA (workshop presenter)
- 2011 - 2012, Mastercourse “Solution-focused work with children, youth and families.” Solutions Centre, Utrecht , NL
- February 2011, Workshop “Hope in action. A solution-focused approach to the prevention and treatment of suïcidal behaviour.” Dr. Heather Fiske & Dr. Yvonne Dolan, Korzibsky Instituut, Brugge, BE
- November 2010, Masterclass “Solution-focused therapy & coaching”, Arnoud Huibers, Utrecht, NL
- 2009 - 2010, Advanced course 6 days “Solution-focused conversations”, Solutions Centre, Groningen, NL (Ben Furman – Arnoud Huibers – Eric Sulkers)
- September 2009, Two days workshop “Solution-focused therapy with adolescents”, Therese Steiner & Marie C. Cabié, Korzybski Instituut, Brugge, BE
- 2008 - 2009, Mastercourse 12 days “Solution-focused brief therapy”, Korzybski Instituut / Saxion Hogeschool, Amsterdam, NL (Harry Korman – Louis Cauffman – Peter de Jong – Luc Isebaert – Myriam de Fevere - de Ten Hove)
Followed and accomplished online course:
NICABM: Treating Trauma Master Series
with:
Peter Levine, PhD, Pat Ogden, PhD
Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD, Dan Siegel, MD Pat Ogden, PhD, Allan Schore, PhD
Board Member Dutch Solution Focused Association: VOPN
