Network Techniques: Case Studies in the Screening‐Linking‐Planning Conference Method

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This article describes a technique for receiving, assessing, planning, linking, and monitoring people in crisis. Called the Screening‐Linking‐Planning (S‐L‐P) Conference Method, the technique takes advantage of certain characteristics of people in the heat of crisis that make them particularly amenable to change and allow a care‐giver to promote marked positive growth in brief periods of time. The method encourages the social network of the person in crisis to cluster around the person in a supportive way, to make positive expectations, and to provide feedback for identity‐repair purposes. The technique has proved effective with persons in acute crisis as well as those who have chosen a career of chronic crisis (i.e., chronic patienthood). A major part of this paper is devoted to case studies describing the application of this technique in a variety of situations.

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