Episode Details

When kids experience challenges meeting certain expectations, that can result in their frustration, which can often lead to concerning behaviors if they’re not equipped with the necessary skills to adapt. Our guest today trains parents, educators, and clinicians in an evidence-based treatment called the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) model. 

Be sure to tune in to this intriguing and insightful conversation and learn about all the benefits that CPS has to offer!

Ross W. Greene, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist who lives in Freeport, Maine. He is the New York Times bestselling author of the influential books The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost and Found, and Raising Human Beings. He is the founding director of the non-profit, Lives in the Balance, which provides a vast array of free resources on the CPS model that is described in his books.

Show Highlights:

• Dr. Greene’s non-profit advocates on behalf of kids with concerning behaviors and their caregivers by helping people solve problems with kids, rather than giving them detentions, suspensions, and expulsions.
• Concerning behaviors are simply the way that a kid is communicating to us that they’re having difficulty meeting certain expectations.
• If we only modify concerning behaviors, then the kid is still having problems meeting those expectations. However, if we solve those problems with kids, and help them better meet expectations, then the concerning behaviors subside.
• Dr. Greene details the CPS model.
• According to Dr. Greene, “crisis prevention” is a misnomer. It’s actually “crisis management”, and he explains more.
• The Kids We Lose is an exposé that hopes to raise awareness of how horrible it is for kids with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges, not only because they’re struggling, but for what we do to them in the name of helping.
• Dr. Greene shares what he's working on next.

Connect with Dr. Greene!

His website

Lives in the Balance

CPS Connection

The Kids We Lose (Documentary)

True Crisis Prevention

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