Clinical psychologist Dr Ross Greene is The New York Times bestselling author of The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost & Found and Raising Human Beings. What emerged from these works, and his 30+ years in practice with children and families, is an innovative, evidence-based, trauma-informed model of intervention to address the difficulties of children with social, emotional and behavioural challenges: Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS). The CPS model is transforming thinking and practices across the world and has been associated with dramatic reductions in adult-child conflict, concerning behaviours, disciplinary referrals, detentions, restraints, suspensions and isolation. The model represents a significant departure from 'discipline-as-usual'. This webinar provides an exciting opportunity to hear Dr Greene talk candidly about the need for a new perspective and responses to children with challenging behaviours.
In this webinar Dr Greene will explain how "outdated and counterproductive" perspectives and "disciplinary practices that are punitive and exclusionary" only serve to exacerbate the difficulties a child is experiencing. He will challenge us to see behaviour - and the language we use to describe behaviour - through a new lens and will provide an understanding of the evidence-based CPS model he has developed which creates the conditions for moving from power and control to solving problems collaboratively with children.
This will be a professionally challenging webinar that will ask us to feel what's at stake every time we miss an opportunity to positively respond to, and engage with, a child. If you are working directly with children and young people or caring for them as a foster parent, or managing a team of people that do direct work with children, this session is for you. Expect to be challenged but to leave charged with confidence that you can make a difference, motivated to take the learning into your practice and with clear understanding of how to put the practical assessment and intervention tools he has made freely available through Lives in the Balance into use. Vast free resources are available on the Lives in the Balance website.
