Dr. Greene has worked with several thousand kids with concerning behaviors and their caregivers, and he and his colleagues have overseen implementation and evaluation of the CPS model in countless schools, inpatient psychiatry units, and residential and juvenile detention facilities, with dramatic effect: significant reductions in recidivism, discipline referrals, detentions, suspensions, and use of restraint and seclusion.
Dr. Ross Greene sits down with Dr. Meeker to discuss his book, The Explosive Child and the approach called
Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS). Dr. Greene discusses the problems and frustrations that make a child
explosive or implosive. He explains that concerning behaviors are caused by unsolved problems and expectations and
if those problems are never solved, the behaviors are going to still exist until we find a solution. Medical diagnosis like
Autism Spectrum Disorder do not tell us everything we need to know about a child. Each child is unique in the way they
process unsolved problems or expectations.
Some topics covered:
• The collaborative and proactive solutions model is just as applicable to impulsive kids as it is to the explosive kids.
• Concerning behaviors are simply the means, by which the kid is communicating that there is an expectation they are
having trouble meeting.
• Finding solutions to the unsolved problems.
• Identify certain expectations causing the unsolved problem(s).
• Engage kids in the process of solving problems in a way that they’re heard, the caregiver is heard, and we are
coming up with solutions that must address the concerns of both parties.
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