Lots to Learn About a Tough New Student

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Lots to Learn About a Tough New Student

FromDr. Ross Greene

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45 minutes

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Dec 1, 2014

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Susan described a new student with some interesting and unexpected points of view...and the discussion started rolling from there...

Released:

Dec 1, 2014

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Podcast episode

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Along with four school principals, Dr. Ross Greene -- originator of the Collaborative Problem Solving approach (now called Collaborative & Proactive Solutions) and author of The Explosive Child and Lost at School -- helps teachers and parents better handle behaviorally challenging kids in the classroom and at home through implementation of his approach to solving problems collaboratively. This program airs on the first Monday of each month (September through May) at 3:30 pm Eastern time.

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Welcome Back!: Alright, summer's over and it's time to get back to the challenge of implementing Collaborative Problem Solving at school so that we're understanding and helpin by Dr. Ross Greene
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The Empathy Step: This program focused extensively -- and almost exclusively -- on the Empathy step of Plan B, and on "drilling" in particular. For the unfamiliar, drilling invo by Dr. Ross Greene
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Troubleshooting Plan B: In this program, Dr. Greene helps a group of educators -- who are trying to re-engage a student academically so he doesn't drop out of school -- figure out why by Dr. Ross Greene
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Key Ingredients for Getting the CPS Ball Rolling: How do you get the ball rolling on implementing Collaborative Problem Solving in your school? That depends on where your school is at in terms of recognizing t by Dr. Ross Greene
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All Beginnings are Hard: This is Dr. Greene's first program, so be prepared for some pauses as he adjusts to new technology! But this program provides a nice overview of the Collaborat by Dr. Ross Greene
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Questions from the Trenches: Today's program was broadcast from Harpswell Island Elementary in Maine, where staff are in the early phases of learning about and implementing Collaborative Pr by Dr. Ross Greene
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the Empathy Step: Why Didn't The Student Talk?: Dr. Greene thought he was going to focus on the seldom-talked-about Invitation step of Plan B in this program. But -- and this is always a welcome development by Dr. Ross Greene
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CPS Goes to School: The Real Deal: In this program, Dr. Greene interviews Dr. Craig Murphy, school psychologist in the Newton, Massachusetts Public School system. As part of a 3-year, federally- by Dr. Ross Greene
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The Who, When, and What of Plan B: Who's supposed to do Plan B with a behaviorally challenging student? Should it be a person -- like the assistant principal -- who is totally removed from the u by Dr. Ross Greene
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December Educators' Panel: It's that time again...time for us to hear from four educators who've been implementing Collaborative Problem Solving in the schools and classrooms...and all th by Dr. Ross Greene
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Collaboration Between Parents and Teachers: This program focused on why interactions between teachers and parents have a high potential for going awry and what it takes to help things go better. It turns by Dr. Ross Greene
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A Vision for School Discipline: In this program, Dr. Greene talks about the importance of having a "vision" for what discipline should look like in a school building. Having a vision starts w by Dr. Ross Greene
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Getting Buy-In: In this program, Dr. Greene discusses how to help school staff who are having trouble "buying into" Collaborative Problem Solving. He describes some of the mis by Dr. Ross Greene
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Alfie Kohn Interview: In this program, Dr. Greene had the pleasure of talking with Alfie Kohn, author of Punished by Rewards, Beyond Discipline, and many other critical books. This by Dr. Ross Greene
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Functional Assessments that Change Lives: We went with a more technical topic today, but one that comes up frequently in schools: how to incorporate the CPS model in general and the Assessment of Laggi by Dr. Ross Greene
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Getting Specific on Unsolved Problems/Using Plan B in Groups: In this program, Dr. Greene initially spent some time reviewing several ALSUPs that were completed by teachers of actual students so as to examine whether the i by Dr. Ross Greene
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The Invitation Step of Plan B (and More)...: The topic of this program was the much-neglected but really-important Invitation step (these days, referred to as the "Brainstorming ingredient") of Plan B. Bu by Dr. Ross Greene
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Anytown High School, Session #5: On today's program, the staff at Anytown High School reported on their initial attempts at using Plan B with a behaviorally challenging student...and get some by Dr. Ross Greene
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Understanding and Helping Behaviorally Challenging Students: If things aren't going so well with the students with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges in your school, you're not alone! Helping challenging kids in by Dr. Ross Greene
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Galvanized and Mobilized in Calgary: Today's program featured an interview with System Principal Lori Pamplin from the Calgary (Alberta, Canada) public schools. Lori's been helping the assistant p by Dr. Ross Greene
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The Last Six Weeks: Teachers and students are running on fumes at the end of the school year. The weather is warmer and the finish line is in view. What should your Collaborative by Dr. Ross Greene
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Landfill: Today's program featured a caller who had questions about a variety of aspects of the CPS model, including: How does working on unsolved problems teach lagging by Dr. Ross Greene
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Lenses and Collaboration at All Ages: In this program, Dr. Greene answered some important questions about Collaborative Problem Solving. At what age is it appropriate to try to solve problems colla by Dr. Ross Greene
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Working Collaboratively with Parents: Educators often blame parents for students' behavior problems at school, and often feel that a student's difficulties at school can't be resolved without parent by Dr. Ross Greene
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No Turning Back Now: Today's program aired live from the Child Assessment Unit at Cambridge City Hospital...a unit that has eliminated its use of locked-door seclusion and virtually by Dr. Ross Greene
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What Problems Can Be Solved Collaboratively?: For the first half of this program, Dr. Greene focused on a common question: to what problems can Collaborative Problem Solving be productively applied? (Hint: by Dr. Ross Greene
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What's Up with This Student?: This was a very interesting program. A special education teacher called in to try to get a better handle on the behavioral challenges being presented by one of by Dr. Ross Greene
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Understanding and Helping Behaviorally Challenging Students: If things aren't going so well with the students with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges in your school, you're not alone! Helping challenging kids in by Dr. Ross Greene
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Anytown High School, Session #2: In this program, the staff at Anytown High School got some practice using the Assessment of Lagging Skills and Unsolved Problems to view the difficulties of a c by Dr. Ross Greene
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Anytown High School, Session #1: A new feature for Collaborative Problem Solving at School! Listen in as Dr. Greene helps the staff at Anytown High School (a real high school in the U.S., loca by Dr. Ross Greene
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A Hodge Podge of CPS Help: Assistance with the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions Model by Dr. Ross Greene
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The ALSUP Writes Your IEP For You: transforming discipline is a good idea for all students (and their teachers) by Dr. Ross Greene
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Are CPS and Applied Behavior Analysis Compatible?: solving problems with all students (especially the most vulnerable) by Dr. Ross Greene
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Rewards are "Working"? For Who?: transforming school discipline for all students (especially the most vulnerable) by Dr. Ross Greene
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Best Thing to Do with Crises? Prevent Them!: serious help for educators of all kids, including the most vulnerable by Dr. Ross Greene
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Help! This Student is Completely Out of Control!: Transforming school discipline is a good idea for all students (and their teachers) by Dr. Ross Greene
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When Good Teachers Are Asked to Do Too Much: transforming school discipline is a good idea for all students (and their teachers) by Dr. Ross Greene
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CPS and the Three Tiers: serious guidance for teachers of all kids by Dr. Ross Greene
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Waterville Junior High: Let's Roll: serious guidance for helping all students by Dr. Ross Greene
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Furious About Dysfunctional Discipline: serious help for our most vulnerable students (and their teachers and classmates) by Dr. Ross Greene
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Does "This is Boring" Mean "I'm Not Motivated"?: serious help for our most vulnerable students (and their teachers and classmates) by Dr. Ross Greene
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School Values: serious help for our most vulnerable students (and their teachers and classmates) by Dr. Ross Greene
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Something's the Matter with this Picture: transforming school discipline is a good idea for all students (and teachers) by Dr. Ross Greene
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Fight or Flight Students: transforming school discipline is a good idea for all students (and teachers) by Dr. Ross Greene
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That's Not CPS!: transforming school discipline is a good idea for all students (and their teachers) by Dr. Ross Greene
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Life Without Carrots and Sticks: Help for our most vulnerable students...and their teachers and classmates by Dr. Ross Greene
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A Classic Case of Dueling Solutions: Serious help for our most vulnerable students...and their classmates and teachers by Dr. Ross Greene
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What Next for This Challenging Student?: On this final program of the school year, one of our principals told us about a student whose behavioral challenges have been making life very difficult...for h by Dr. Ross Greene
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Why Isn't the CPS Model Being Implemented in Every School?: Our principals weighed in on this question...and lots of others. by Dr. Ross Greene
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The Least Toxic Response: Schools abide by a least restrictive environment standard in placing kids in classroom settings...shouldn't schools also adhere to a least toxic response standa by Dr. Ross Greene
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It's Never "Just" Poor Motivation: Are there students who are simply unmotivated to do well, or is it always more complicated than that? Is motivation the engine or the caboose? Alas, this was a by Dr. Ross Greene
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Seismic Shift: Focusing on Problems Rather Than Behaviors: Dr. Greene and the principals focused on a variety of topics, but probably the biggest: the importance of shifting away from focusing on behaviors (and modifyin by Dr. Ross Greene
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Assumption Check: It's that time of year again...the students are back, and the problems that were unsolved at the end of last school year are probably still unsolved now (except by Dr. Ross Greene
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"Learners" versus "Doers": Our guest on today's program was Tim Graves, Superintendent of Schools and Programs in the Near North District School Board in Ontario, Canada. He has some int by Dr. Ross Greene
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Four Ways to Improve School Discipline: The Educators Panel shared their thoughts on an article that recently appeared in the Christian Science Monitor (click here) in which recommendations for improv by Dr. Ross Greene
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After the Principal's Gone: On this month's program, the Educators Panel tackled the question of how to ensure that CPS outlives a principal's tenure in the building...and then got an upda by Dr. Ross Greene
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Plan B Feeds Us Too: What's crystal clear is that the CPS model is really helpful for behaviorally challenging (and other) students. But, among the various resounding messages from by Dr. Ross Greene
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New Year's Resolutions: Our group of educators has grown to four -- Susan, a school principal from Surrey, British Columbia has joined the Educators Panel -- and not only did they have by Dr. Ross Greene
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Lots to Learn About a Tough New Student

Lots to Learn About a Tough New Student

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Titles in the series (100)

More Episodes from Dr. Ross Greene