When students miss class, forget homework and misbehave, they lack the skill rather than the will to succeed. With this philosophy in mind, this Guide provides a clear framework for working with students to address challenging behaviour. This Guide offers proven steps for solving a problem collaboratively with a student: Empathise: Clarify the student's concern Share your concern Collaborate: Brainstorm, assess and choose a solution to try From youth psychology experts J. Stuart Ablon and Alisha R. Pollastri, this easy-to-follow Guide is an essential tool for tackling challenging student behaviour effectively, collaboratively and compassionately. Each 8.5" x 11" multi-panel guide is laminated for extra durability and 3-hole-punched for binder storage.

This book is the first to systematically describe the key components necessary to ensure successful implementation of Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) across mental health settings and non-mental health settings that require behavioral management. This resource is designed by the leading experts in CPS and is focused on the clinical and implementation strategies that have proved most successful within various private and institutional agencies. The book begins by defining the approach before delving into the neurobiological components that are key to understanding this concept. Next, the book covers the best practices for implementation and evaluating outcomes, both in the long and short term. The book concludes with a summary of the concept and recommendations for additional resources, making it an excellent concise guide to this cutting edge approach. Collaborative Problem Solving is an excellent resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and all medical professionals working to manage troubling behaviors. The text is also valuable for readers interested in public health, education, improved law enforcement strategies, and all stakeholders seeking to implement this approach within their program, organization, and/or system of care.

J. Stuart Ablon and Alisha R. Pollastri, authors of The School Discipline Fix, present this Quick Reference Guide to their Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) approach for changing child behaviour in mental health and home settings. This must-have resource distills the multistep approach into six easy-to-follow panels, in the convenient form of an 8.5"x11" laminated card for in-the-moment reference. Here, clinical staff, parents, guardians and other CPS trainees will find crucial information about the guiding philosophy of the approach; the cognitive skills that contribute to children's behaviour; the key aspects of a CPS assessment; information on planning and prioritising the treatment; and step-by-step instructions for completing CPS itself.

Challenging students lack the skill-not the will-to behave. The authors' evidence-based approach allows teachers to dramatically reduce challenging classroom behaviours while helping even the most disruptive students gain the skills they need to succeed inside and outside the classroom. Step-by-step guidance and exercises are provided to help K- 12 educators implement the CPS model in both general and special-education settings.