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
May 3, 2011 • 45min
May Parents Panel: Kids Do Well If They Can Revisited
On today's program, the Parents Panel heard from a mom who's son's academic difficulties had become problematic again recently...did he lose his motivation or did the academic tasks begin exceeding his capacity to respond adaptively? That's what the Empathy step is for.
Apr 26, 2011 • 45min
Is it Poor Motivation or Lagging Skills?
If a child's behavioral challenges are the result of poor motivation, then rewarding and punishing makes perfect sense. But if it's lagging skills...and if the behavioral challenges occur in response to specific unsolved problems...well, you have some problem-solving in your future...hopefully, the collaborative kind.
Apr 19, 2011 • 45min
Gathering Information Can Be Hard
A mom called in for help on gathering information in the Empathy step of Plan B. And our emailers provided additional grist for the discussion mill: How do you tell the world about your challenging child? What if the adult is lacking some important skills, too?
Apr 12, 2011 • 45min
My Child is Having Difficulty Hearing My Concerns
The title of this program tells you about an issue raised by one of our callers. But lots of additional issues were covered as well, including what to do if one parents is on board with CPS and the other isn't (yet).
Apr 5, 2011 • 45min
The Parents Panel Tackles Corporal Punishment
Susie, a member of our Parents Panel, raised the topic of paddling kids at school, and the discussion took off from there...with some fairly predictable conclusions.
Mar 29, 2011 • 45min
This Could Take a While
There are lots of things that could be slowing things down when families are implementing the CPS model...but it's good to remember that getting good at Plan B and making fundamental changes in family interactions doesn't happen in a week anyway.
Mar 15, 2011 • 45min
Back to Plan A if the First Solution Doesn't Work? No Way!
A variety of topics on today's program, thanks to our emailers, but what to do if the first solution doesn't work? That came from our caller.
Mar 8, 2011 • 44min
Can You Use Plan B with Young Kids?
That's the topic we led off with, but we moved on to other interesting discussions, thanks to our callers.
Mar 1, 2011 • 45min
What About the Grandparents?
Sometimes grandparents have strong opinions about the manner in which challenging kids should be disciplined, and aren't so familiar with Plan B. What to do? The Parents Panel weighs in (on this and other topics).
Feb 22, 2011 • 45min
Playing Catch-up
On today's program, Dr. Greene responded to the email that has gathered over the past month or so. A variety of topics were discussed, including the need to identify specific unsolved problems, whether the CPS model is applicable to "imploders" as well as "exploders," how to word a neutral observation in the Empathy step, and the fact that vague concerns tend to lead to vague solutions. Very informative!
