Audience
Parents, Guardians, & Educators
About this Workshop
This interactive workshop Dr. Greene will give you the tools to take a close look at your beliefs about why and when a child exhibits concerning behavior related to behaviors that can co-occur with TS including ADHD and anxiety. Thanks to an enormous amount of research that’s been conducted over the past 50 years, we’ve learned that what we’ve been saying about kids with concerning behaviors (and what we’ve been doing to them) has often been counterproductive and ineffective. Concerning behavior is not the result of poor parenting, faulty learning, or poor motivation. In this session, you’ll be asked to try on some new lenses so that you have a more accurate, compassionate understanding of a child’s concerning behavior.
Key Takeaways
- Understand how to view a child’s behavior with compassion and curiosity
- Receive an introduction to Dr. Greene’s CPS model (Collaborative and Proactive Solutions)
- Explore the why and when behind a child’s behavior
About the Education & Mental Health in Focus Series
Education & Mental Health in Focus is a multi-part learning showcase designed to support families, caregivers, students, and community members navigating the educational and emotional experiences connected to Tourette Syndrome and other Tic Disorders. This series brings together clinicians, advocates, educators, college students, and professionals to explore topics related to school accommodations, mental health support, transition planning, postsecondary education, and family wellbeing.
Through practical discussions and lived experiences, participants will gain tools, resources, and strategies to better support children, teens, and young adults across different stages of their educational journey. Sessions will focus on advocacy, emotional wellbeing, navigating systems of support, and building confidence for both caregivers and students.
Dr. Ross Greene
Dr. Greene is the originator of the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) model and author of the books The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost & Found, and Raising Human
Beings. Dr. Greene served on the faculty at Harvard Medical School for over 20 years, and is now Founding Director of the non-profit Lives in the Balance, adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech, and adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Science at University of Technology Sydney in Australia. He developed and executive produced the award-winning, feature-length documentary film The Kids We Lose, released in 2018.
He and his colleagues consult extensively to families, general and special education schools, inpatient and residential facilities, and systems of juvenile detention. His research has been funded by, among others, the Stanley Research Institute, the National Institutes on Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the U.S. Department of Education. For his speaking engagements, Dr. Greene is represented by American Program Bureau. He lives in Freeport, Maine.
While Dr. Greene originally referred to his model as “Collaborative Problem Solving” — and most of his chapters, articles, research papers, and books prior to 2013 refer to the model by that name — he has no association whatsoever with organizations or individuals now marketing a product by that name. You can read about the circumstances related to that unpleasant scenario here.
