Many caregivers may feel overwhelmed when their child or adolescent exhibits explosive or aggressive behavior, and may turn to mental health service providers for guidance and assistance. In this webinar, participants will learn about where these challenging behaviors come from, and what they can do to support both young people and their caregivers in addressing them.
Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) is the non-punitive, non-adversarial, trauma-informed model of care originated by Dr. Ross Greene. In this webinar, he will focus on problems (and solving them) rather than on the modifying behaviors that are being caused by those problems using his CPS approach. Additionally, he will discuss the advantages of collaborative (rather than unilateral) problem solving and the importance and feasibility of proactive interventions (Plan B of the CPS model).
By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:
Recognize contributing factors to childhood aggressive behavior
Define the five paradigm shifts of the Collaborative and Proactive Solution (CPS) model and its purpose for attending to problematic behavior in youth
Recognize the skills that are involved in helping kids respond to problems and frustrations
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
Explain the three steps of Plan B
Describe how to effectively implement Plan B and the various roadblocks that can occur in implementation (and how to overcome them)
About the presenter:
Ross Greene, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, 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 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 originated and executive produced the award-winning, feature-length 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 Freeport, Maine.
Register here (will need to create an account): https://registration.nytac.org/event/?pid=1&id=2110