Rachel Bramble has been using her Aspirations, Encouragement, Realism and Openess (Aero) model for nearly three years in a school in Staffordshire. During the period, exclusions dropped from 251 to six.
Along with fellow social worker Gill Davies, Bramble is preparing to launch a social enterprise in November that will take the method to other schools in the country. It is hoped sponsorship deals will cover the costs.
The model is used with students who are experiencing emotional, behavioural or performance difficulties and focuses on key words and personality traits that are discussed to find causes and solutions to problems.
A recent evaluation of the method undertaken by Professor Mark Doel of Sheffield Hallam University said: "It is successful in engaging a broad range of young people experiencing a wide variety of problems.
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