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Everyone raising or working with a child, youth or adult with any diagnosis of being under the Autism Spectrum. 

Raun K. Kaufman’s energetic, humorous, guaranteed-you-won’t-be-bored style will whisk you through this highly-interactive seminar designed for parents, family members, therapists, and educators.

In the first class, Raun will unveil the root cause of crises and extreme behaviors…and the real solutions. In the next class, Raun will take you on a deep dive into the unrecognized issues at the heart of autism and how to unravel them by entering your loved one’s world first. And, in the third class, Raun will set you up with take-away techniques to enable children and adults on the spectrum to cross the bridge to our world, learn, and grow – in a way that works with them rather than against them.

By the end of the workshop, you will learn:
— The deeper causes of crises, meltdowns, hitting, yelling, and other challenging behaviors – and how misdiagnosis of the problem prevents us from solving it
— The truth about autism – what it really is, and how it is profoundly misunderstood (which means that our kids are, too)
— How to detect your loved one’s stress signals…so you can circumvent flare-ups before they happen
— The 5 turnaround tools that can quiet any crisis by addressing the cause instead of the symptoms
— How to see the difference between a behavioral issue and a social-relational issue
— How to use “autism X-ray vision glasses” to discern your loved one’s brain state
— How to approach your child or adult in a way that matches their brain state
— The key to “speaking their language” so that you can create a trusted and bonded relationship with someone on the spectrum, even if they don’t seem interested
— The most respectful and effective approach to “stimming”
— How to use your child or adult’s powerful interests as a gateway to accelerated learning…instead of seeing those interests as an obstacle to learning
— What the main tenets of Son-Rise Program® are
— The Son-Rise Program® Developmental Model’s Four Fundamentals of Socialization
— The implications for those on the spectrum of Raun K. Kaufman’s remarkable journey through autism

Everyone raising, living or working with a child or youth with challenging behaviours.
Including but not limited to Parents/Caregivers, Mental Health Professionals, Special Educators, Classroom Teachers, Special Education Administrators, Superintendents, Principals/Assistant Principals, Speech/Language Pathologists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Pediatricians/Family Physicians, Staff in Restrictive Therapeutic Facilities (Inpatient Psychiatric Units, Residential Facilities, Juvenile Detention Facilities)

This is the evidence-based model Dr. Ross Greene describes in his influential books The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost & Found, and Raising Human Beings. The CPS model has transformed thinking and practices in countless families, schools, inpatient psychiatry units, and residential and juvenile detention facilities throughout the world, and has been associated with dramatic reductions in adult-child conflict, concerning behaviors, disciplinary referrals, detentions, suspensions, restraints, and seclusions. The model represents a significant departure from discipline-as-usual: it focuses on solving problems rather than on modifying behavior, emphasizes collaborative rather than unilateral solutions, encourages proactive rather than reactive intervention, de-emphasizes diagnostic categories, and provides practical, research-based tools for assessment and intervention.

Dr. Greene will answer many questions during the webinar — especially at the end of each segment.

At the conclusion of this training participants will:

• Describe the five big shifts of the CPS model, including focusing on problems rather than behaviors, the advantages of collaborative (rather than unilateral) problem solving; and the importance and feasibility of proactive (rather than reactive) intervention.
• Identify the lagging skills and unsolved problems using the Assessment of Lagging Skills and Unsolved Problems(ALSUP).
• Describe the three basic mechanisms by which adults handle unsolved problems and unmet expectations in kids (Plans A, B, and C) and what is accomplished by each, and the three steps or “ingredients” of Plan B.
• Describe how to effectively implement Plan B to solve problems, teach skills, and reduce the frequency and intensity of challenging behavior.
• Identify the strategies for dealing with the various structural factors in schools that may impede implementation of the CPS model.
• Describe and deal with the roadblocks commonly encountered in implementation with individual children and in families and systems.

Lecture , video demonstration, and Q & A will be used as the primary means of instruction.

Participants in this two-day training will leave with an understanding of the underpinnings of the CPS model, its refinements over the past 8-10 years, and practical assessment and intervention tools that can be brought back to and used in diverse settings.