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We continue to struggle with and lose an astounding number of kids with social, emotional and behavioral challenges, because we handle them in ways that don’t work. They end up in detention and suspension, dropping out, on the streets, in restrictive therapeutic facilities and jail. All because we have a poor understanding of why they’re challenging and apply interventions that are punitive and obsolete.
Research in the neurosciences over the past 30 years has helped us understand that challenging behavior is a form of developmental delay. In other words, challenging kids lack crucial cognitive skills related to flexibility, adaptability, frustration tolerance and problem solving. Dr. Greene’s compassionate, effective, evidence-based approach—Collaborative Problem Solving—is a departure from conventional wisdom and reflects what we now know about challenging kids and how to help them.
Dr. Greene is a leading authority on challenging behavior and will revolutionize your approach to working with Explosive, Noncompliant, Disruptive, Aggressive Kids. His humorous, engaging and dynamic style along with the use of case studies and demonstrations will help you better understand challenging kids, better assess their needs and intervene in ways that actually help.
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Solutions for kids lacking in:
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Executive skills
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Language processing and communication skills
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Emotional regulation skills
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Cognitive flexibility skills
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Social skills
Achieve dramatic success with kids who have:
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ADHD
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Depression
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Bipolar Disorder
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Anxiety
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Autism
Utilize Dr. Greene’s “Plan B” to reduce challenging behaviors by:
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Solving problems collaboratively
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Creating a “helping relationship”
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Pursuing behavioral expectations
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Teaching skills
OBJECTIVES
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Explain and interpret challenging behaviors in an entirely new way, setting the stage for more effective intervention
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Discuss why conventional reward and punishment procedures may not be effective for many challenging kids
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Assess the various cognitive skills found lacking in challenging kids
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Identify and prioritize unsolved problems precipitating challenging behavior
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Summarize the three basic mechanisms by which adults handle problems and unmet expectations in kids (Plans A, B, and C)
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Explain how the 3 ingredients of “Plan B” reduce the intensity and frequency of challenging behaviors
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Implement “Plan B” in schools, homes and restrictive therapeutic facilities
OUTLINE
Explosive, Noncompliant, Disruptive and Aggressive Kids
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Key Themes
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Different Definitions of Function
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Challenging Behavior as Developmental Delay
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The Down-side of Diagnoses
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The Can't Versus Won't Debate
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Basic Ingredients of Collaborative Problem Solving
Lagging Skills and Unsolved Problems
Solving Problems
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Three Plans for Solving Problems
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Ingredients of Collaborative Problem Solving (Plan B)
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Troubleshooting Problems Implementing Plan B
Implementation in Families, Schools, and Restrictive Therapeutic Facilities
ABOUT ROSS W. GREENE, Ph.D.
Ross W. Greene, Ph.D. is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the originator of a model of psychosocial treatment for challenging kids called Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS). He is author of the highly-acclaimed books The Explosive Child and Lost at School and has also authored numerous articles, chapters and scientific
papers on the effectiveness of the CPS model, the classification of and outcomes in youth with social, emotional and behavioral challenges and student-teacher compatibility.
Dr. Greene’s research has been funded by, among others, the Stanley Research Institute, the National Institute on Drug Abuse/National Institutes of Mental Health, the U.S. Department of Education and the Maine Juvenile Justice Advisory Group. He consults extensively to general and special education schools, inpatient and residential facilities and systems of juvenile detention and lectures widely throughout the world. He is also the founder of a non-profit organization called Lives in the Balance (www.livesinthebalance.org) that provides resources on the CPS model and advocates on behalf of behaviorally challenging kids and their parents, teachers, and other caregivers.
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