EBTA RESEARCH GRANT 2011

EBTA awards two research grants 2011
The European Brief Therapy Association Grant Awards committee has awarded
two grants of 3500 Euro for 2011.  There were several interesting
applications.  The successful projects were:
George Abramson of Bradford, UK
for a microanalysis of Signs of Safety child protection conversations in
social work.  
Keita Kiuchi and colleagues in Japan will seek to develop a
general solution-focused attitude scale (GSFAS) that can serve
as an effective indicator to measure the effectiveness of SFBT in the
future.

Dr Alasdair Macdonald
Research coordinator, EBTA.
www.solutionsdoc.co.uk

EBTA RESEARCH GRANTS

The European Brief Therapy Association Board are offering two research grants in 2012 of 3500 Euro each to suitable projects carrying out research into solution-focused brief therapy and its applications.

To apply for a grant, please submit a statement of 800 words describing the aims of the project, the researchers involved and an outline of the proposed method. You should state the likely benefit of the project to sfbt and what other sources of funding have been sought or obtained. The names and contact details of two referees should be included.
Copies of the application should be submitted to Dr Macdonald by November 30th 2011 by email or land post.   Dr Macdonald will forward copies to the other members of the awards committee. A decision will be made in January 2012. The recipients of the grants will be informed directly and announced on the sft-email discussion list. Recipients will be required to sign a document confirming their acceptance of the terms. The monies will be paid as a single sum in February 2012.　A summary of the final results should be sent to the Research Coordinator when the study is completed. Whenever possible, the title of any subsequent publication should include a reference to ‘solution focused’or ‘brief therapy’.  The EBTA grant should be acknowledged in all documents and publications arising from the study. Presentation of the findings at the annual European Brief Therapy Association conference will be welcomed. Awards Committee: Dr Mark Beyebach, Universita Pontifidad, Salamanca, Spain; mbeyebach@upsa.es Prof Wally Gingerich, USA; wally@case.edu
Dr Alasdair Macdonald, UK; macdonald@solutionsdoc.co.uk Dr Ferdinand Wolf, Austria; ferdinand@wolf.co.at Dr Alasdair Macdonald Research coordinator, EBTA. 　www.solutionsdoc.co.uk


EUROPEAN BRIEF THERAPY ASSOCIATION RESEARCH GRANT

The concept of the research grant was proposed by Steve de Shazer and agreed by EBTA Board in Turku, August 2000.  The awards committee is: the Research Coordinator for the Board, who acts as correspondent; two Board members (currently Dr Ferdinand Wolf, Austria; ferdinand@wolf.co.at ; Dr Mark Beyebach, Universita Pontifidad, Salamanca, Spain; mbeyebach@upsa.es) and an external academic (currently Prof Wally Gingerich, Case Western Reserve University; wally@case.edu).

GRANTS AWARDED:

2011
- George Abramson of Bradford, UK
for a microanalysis of Signs of Safety child protection conversations in
social work.  
-Keita Kiuchi and colleagues in Japan will seek to develop a
general solution-focused attitude scale (GSFAS) that can serve
as an effective indicator to measure the effectiveness of SFBT in the
future.

2010 - Ivana Vidakovic, Stephen M. Langer; Croatia; sft treatment for PTSD; 20 experimental and 20 controls planned. Detailed one year followup using objective measures and fidelity testing.
2010 – Lehmann P, Moore B (Texas): pre-post design for 100 men convicted of domestic violence who attend a group programme.

2008/9 - Marieta Igarenska, Kiril Elenski, Gergana Foreva; Plovdiv, Bulgaria: Investigating the effect of SFBT in cardiovascular disease patients.
2008/9 - Janet Bavelas; Sara Healing; Christine Tomori; Canada: microanalysis of miracle question.


2007 – Plamen Panayotov: medication compliance in schizophrenia improved by sft. For publication in SFT research handbook 2011.

2006 – No award for administrative reasons.

2005 – Steve Myers, Manchester, UK: study of treatment for juvenile sexual offenders. Project not successful as consent from offenders proved insufficient.
2005 – Lisbeth Kvarme, University of Bergen (now Professor of Nursing Studies). An intervention study in the school health service to find out if solution-focused therapy contributes to strengthen self-efficacy and quality of life of pupils who have been exposed to bullying. Three journal articles published.


2004 - Frederic Linssen of Bielefeld for his study of a large number of sft clients using pretest, posttest and one year followup, including measures of satisfaction with therapy.  Design similar to EBTA protocol but different measures.  Completed: presented at conference in Germany. No feedback to EBTA.

2003 - No award as no adequate submissions received.

2002 - Elka Bozhkova of Bulgaria: include EBTA multi-centre research design within a larger study of sft on a cohort of clients in a psychiatric rehabilitation service.  Project showed greater benefit from sft with or without medication than medication alone or medication plus psychoeducational group therapy. Presented in public and publication is planned.

2001 - Karin Wallgren Thorslund, Stockholm.  A randomised controlled trial of group sft for chronic sick persons in Sweden in order to return them to work. Published 2007.