Dr Ross Greene
Collaborative and Proactive Solutions
This professional development series is designed for individual clinicians, educators, parents and others working directly with challenging youth and their caregivers.
Collaborative and Proactive Solutions is an evidence-based model Dr Ross Greene describes in his influential books The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost & Found, and Raising Human Beings. The Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (CPS) model has transformed thinking and practices in countless families, schools, and residential facilities throughout the world, and has been associated with dramatic reductions in adult-child conflict, concerning behaviours, disciplinary referrals, detentions, suspensions, seclusions, and school refusal.
The model represents a significant departure from discipline-as-usual: it focuses on solving problems rather than on modifying behaviour, emphasises collaborative rather than unilateral solutions, encourages proactive rather than reactive intervention and provides practical, research-based tools for assessment and intervention.
These sessions will be recorded and available for viewing for 30 days after the event.
12 hours over 4 sessions of 3-hour duration:
All sessions $790 including GST.
Session 1
Tuesday 5th October10.00am to 1.00 pm
Session 2
Thursday 7th October10.00am to 1.00 pm
Session 3
Tuesday 26th October10.00am to 1.00 pm
Session 4
Tuesday 28th October10.00am to 1.00 pm
Session 1 and 2 – Dr Greene will provide a general overview of the CPS model, including key themes, use of assessment instrumentation, and solving problems collaboratively.
Sessions 3 and 4 – Dr Greene will dive deeper into various facets of the model, with extensive use of video examples and ample time for questions and discussion.
Key Concepts:
Kids want to do well, do well if they can
Challenging kids are challenging because they lack the skills (flexibility, adaptability, frustration tolerance and problem-solving. Lacking skills not motivation
Challenging behaviours happen when the demand on the child outstrip the skills they have to respond adaptively to those demands
Challenging kids need help…..solving problems, setting the stage for challenging behaviour• Anxiety makes rational thinking much harder, leading to more anxiety.
Families may be able to use NDIS funds to access this event.
At the end of the training, participants will be able to:
Describe the five big shifts of the CPS model, including focusing on unsolved problems rather than behaviours, 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 concerning behaviour.
Identify the strategies for dealing with the various structural factors in schools that may impede the implementation of the CPS model
Describe and deal with the roadblocks commonly encountered in implementation with individual children and in families and systems.
The recordings are available until the 9th of December. If you would like to purchase the recordings please call 03 59751500 or email accounts@peninsulaspeech.com.au