Upcoming Events
February 24-25, 2022
Dr Ross Greene’s
2-DAY ADVANCED TRAINING WORKSHOP
Collaborative & Proactive Solutions
“Vancouver, British Columbia”
Virtual – Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
9am – 4pm
Join us for an in-depth orientation to the key themes and key assessment and treatment facets of the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) model. You will receive in-depth training and review of the model through direct lecture-style teaching by Dr. Greene including interactive participation, case studies, video examples, and question and answer opportunities.
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE?
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)
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW:
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.
ABOUT DR ROSS GREENE:
Dr. Greene is the originator of the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) model and author of the books The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost & Found, and Raising Human Beings. Dr. Greene served on the faculty at Harvard Medical School for over 20 years, and is now Founding Director of the non-profit Lives in the Balance, adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech, and adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Science at University of Technology Sydney in Australia. He is Executive Producer of the documentary film The Kids We Lose, released in 2018.
He and his colleagues consult extensively to families, general and special education schools, inpatient and residential facilities, and systems of juvenile detention. His research has been funded by, among others, the Stanley Research Institute, the National Institutes on Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the U.S. Department of Education. He lives in Portland, Maine.
While Dr. Greene originally referred to his model as “Collaborative Problem Solving” — and most of his chapters, articles, research papers, and books prior to 2013 refer to the model by that name — he has no association whatsoever with organizations or individuals now marketing a product by that name. You can read about the circumstances related to that unpleasant scenario here.
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“This was an exceptionally beneficial lecture. Highly recommend it for all educators and/or parents.”
-Meriel lindley, owner & manager of montessori preschool, helen’s bay, uk
ATTENDEE ON jUNE 3, 2021
“The issues that led to us to Dr. Ross Greene’s workshop in the first place still exist but we have the tools now to work through them in a thoughtful and proactive way. The skills I learned have been very valuable and have really helped us to achieve a sense of peace and calm through the challenges of the last 15 months. I’m so grateful I had the opportunity to attend in person, in Vancouver. Thank you, sincerely, for facilitating that!”
-Christine S, parent, ONTARIO, CANADA
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