Effective implementation of Collaborative Problem Solving in a school usually starts with a core group of staff who are mastering the model first...school-wide implementation comes later. Which kids should you start with? Your frequent flyers, of course.

Another great discussion, highlighted by the fact that a student called into the program and received an unexpected orientation to Collaborative Problem Solving.

By request, Dr. Greene devoted this program to providing an overview of the Empathy step of Plan B. A good review for the already-familiar...a good introduction for those new to the CPS model.

Amazing what adults learn about kids in the Empathy step...especially when the adults leave their preconceived notions at the door.

It was a tough topic for the Educators Panel, but a discussion worth having...and listening to.

Dr. Greene's guest today on CPS at School was Julie Benay, prinicpal at Mallets Bay School in Colchester, Vermont.  A great discussion about...well, the title pretty much tells the tale...

On today's program, one of the educators at Anytown told us about a Plan B she'd attempted with a student in which the Empathy step became contentious. It turns out she had entered the Empathy step with a theory about the unsolved problem she was discussing...and that theory made it hard for her to achieve the primary goal of the Empathy step:  information gathering (rather than theory verification).

CPS is coming along rather nicely in the schools of the members of our Educators Panel...of course, there's still more work to be done.

A very interesting discussion today about "clumping" versus "splitting" unsolved problems. Listen in to see what that means!

Dr. Greene promised to do an entire program on how to use the Assessment of Lagging Skills and Unsolved Problems (ALSUP), and here it is!