Appreciative Analysis of Practices Everything you pay attention

Appreciative Analysis of Practices “Everything you pay attention to grows”

What is Wanda? (Valuing – Analyzing – Doing) �Co-reflection method (group) (Bove, 2009; Mortari, 2009) �Critical analysis of practices from different perspectives

Goal Gaining new insights and new practices → improving quality for children, families, staff (wellbeing) through a reflection process

Wanda in practice

Wanda = • 5 steps to reflect on a situation from different perspectives • Within one session of 1, 5 -2 hours – every 4 -6 weeks • A guided process by a facilitator • Working on confidentiality and safety (process) • Accentuating professional and institutional change • Part of a bigger process

Phase 1: Looking back � What do we still remember about the last session? � What did we learn from the session? � Did we put anything in practice? Ø Ø Contributor Group � Only applicable after the group has already done at least one previous session

Phase 2: Selecting a case � Situation that “moved/surprised/shocked” something inside the person � Concrete case (like explaing a photograph) � The group decides which case will be handled Ø Ø Urgency Group value � The contributor is the “owner” of the case and has a specific question (can still be undefined in this phase)

Phase 3: Questioning � Explorative open questions (who, where, what, when, how) to make the case more clear � Questions about all the people involved and the context � No interpretation or judgment � Try to find out why the contributor selected this case, what is his need? Ø Ø We don’t change the others, we change our perspective on the situation Try to define the positive learning question of the contributor

Phase 4: Collecting ideas � What are the possible different perspectives, usefull in this case? � Use glasses, or any other method to help participants to take the position of somebody else � What are all the possible different hypothesis’s � It is not about who is right or wrong � Contributor listens

Phase 5: Giving various kinds of advise �New possible ways to proceed with this situation �Advice on different levels: Ø To the contributor, Ø To the team, Ø To the organisation �Not ‘the’ solution but opportunities to explore �Contributor chooses which advices he wants to put into action