The practice of SFBT with children in school settings has grownover the past 10 years and continues to be of interest toresearchers and school-based professionals such as school socialworkers, counselors, and psychologists (Kelly, Kim, & Franklin,2008; Metcalf, 2008). SFBT has been applied in school settings to anumber of problems including student behavioral and emotionalissues, academic problems, social skills, and dropout prevention(Berg & Shilts, 2004; Franklin et al., 2001; Franklin & Hopson,2008; Franklin, Streeter, Kim, & Tripodi, 2007; Kral, 1995; Metcalf,1995; Murphy, 1996; Murphy & Duncan, 2007; Sklare, 1997; Webb,1999). The brief nature of SFBT and its "exibility in working withdiverse problems suggest this approach is a practical interventionthat can be easily applied and sustained in a school setting(Franklin et al., 2001; Franklin & Gerlach, 2007; Kelly et al., 2008;Newsome, 2004).The application of SFBT in school settings, in some ways, is anapposite !t. Similar to therapists that serve clients in social agencies,for example, school-based professionals are inundated with largecaseloads and time restrictions to serve all the students that needhelp. In these situations, SFBT may be useful for school-basedprofessionals because SFBT is usually a brief intervention that triesto engage and focus on quick change with children, families andteachers. Furthermore, many school-based professionals deliver theirservices to students who have yearly goals for treatment, usuallythrough an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). SFBT is well-suited tohelping school-based professionals write those goals and collaboratewith their students to meet those goals successfully. By identifyingdiscrete changes, school-based professionals can easily integrateSFBT-thinking into their IEP goals (Kelly et al., 2008). Franklin andGerlach (2007) summarize other reasons why SFBT may be gainingpopularity in public school settings. For example, public schoolsfrequently serve high-risk populations such as homeless teens,immigrants, and teen parents. Many children referred for therapy inthe school may also be considered mandated or involuntary clientsand SFBT is a therapy that was developed for the purposes of beingeffective with involuntary client populations (Franklin & Hopson,2008).