The CPS Podcast
Ross Greene
Dr. Ross Greene, originator of the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions model and author of The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost & Found, and Raising Human Beings, provides guidance to parents on understanding and helping kids with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges...along with his co-hosts Kim Hopkins-Betts (Director of Outreach at Lives in the Balance) and parents Jennifer Trethewey, and Stella Hastings.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Apr 3, 2012 • 45min
April Parents Panel: My Child and I Are Equals?
Well, not exactly...but your respective concerns have equal standing and both sets of concerns need to be addressed for a problem to be solved.
Mar 27, 2012 • 45min
Parents Do Well If They Can Too
Sometimes parents who are new to Collaborative Problem Solving are very hard on themselves for not knowing about it in the first place and feel pretty bad about what they were doing before. But you can't fault yourself for what you didn't know.
Mar 13, 2012 • 45min
Uninformed Solutions
Solutions arrived at with Plan A -- through imposition of adult will -- are not only unilateral, they're uninformed...and that's a big part of the reason they often don't work very well.
Mar 6, 2012 • 45min
March Parents Panel: What If There's No Solution?
The Parents Panel covered a wide range of topics on today's program...including the difference between "lowering" and "adjusting" expectations for a behaviorally challenging child.
Feb 28, 2012 • 45min
Feelings versus Concerns
It's certainly fine to ask a child how he or she feels about an unsolved problem...but if you want to solve the problem, gathering information about his or her concern or perspective is even better.
Feb 21, 2012 • 45min
Different Humps, Same Answer
Two different moms called into today's program asking for guidance on helping their kids' schools get on board with the CPS model. Their situations were a little different...but the guidance was pretty much the same.
Feb 14, 2012 • 45min
Understanding What's Getting in a Child's Way
On today's program we were reminded of how important it is to get a handle on a child's lagging skills so we understand what's really getting in the way for the child...and to nail down highly specific unsolved problems so we know what we're working on.
Feb 7, 2012 • 45min
February Parents Panel: What's Hard About Using Plan B?
Plan B is fundamentally easy but really hard...and, on this program, our Parents Panel members talked about their own experiences with the hard parts.
Jan 31, 2012 • 45min
Helping Your Child's School Solve Problems Collaboratively
We covered a lot of territory on today's program, but one of the big questions was related to how parents can help schools implement CPS. (That doesn't come until near the end of the program...fortunately, there's lots of good information on the way there.)
Jan 24, 2012 • 45min
Understanding Comes Before Helping
What treatment options should you consider for your behaviorally challenging child? You can't really answer that question until you achieve a clear understanding of what's causing your child's difficulties. Without that understanding, there's the risk of haphazardly trying many different treatments. Better to use the ALSUP so you can take aim.
