On this page, you will find a variety of documents related to our approach which you can download and put to use right away.
The Thinking Skills Inventory (TSI) is the primary assessment tool used by Think:Kids.It represents a substantial revision and update to the Pathways Inventory found in "
Treating Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach."Clear and specific directions and examples are now provided along with other improvements. You can click to download one of two different versions depending on your needs:
the basic version or a
Likert scale version. The basic version is recommended for most purposes- although systems implementing the model might find the Likert scale helpful fortracking outcomes. We are also pleased to offer the full version in French thanks to our colleagues in Ottawa. Click here to
download the French version of the TSI. Finally, we have also prepared a simple
Thinking Skill Reference that provides an easy one-page reminder of the skills frequently found lagging in challenging kids.
Many folks trying to use our approach have asked for some kind of a "Plan B Cheat Sheet." We're pleased to be able offer just that! Click here to
download the Plan B cheat sheet and worksheet. The worksheet helps you prepare for doing Plan B, and the cheat sheet helps you stay on track when you are doing Plan B. What if the child sees the cheat sheet? Then s/he will know you are working hard to understand their concerns, be clear about yours and work towards a win-win solution. Nothing wrong with that!
Think:Kids has also developed a brief clinician session guide to accompany the manual for the approach, the book "
Treating Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem SolvingApproach." You can click here to download the
Clinician Session Guideline which is helpful for clinicians using theapproach on an outpatient basis with families.
We have also developed a few new documents that we hope will be really useful for systems implementing the model. The first is the Plan B Tracking Sheet which helps staff keep track of who is doing Plan over what and where things stand at present. Communication is crucial for implementing highly individualized care, and the PlanB Tracking Sheet should help. You can click here to
download the Plan B tracking sheet.
The other document is an implementation guideline that was developed in collaboration with our colleagues at ODTC in Wisconsin. It can be used as a fidelity tool forsystems implementing the model to assess their adherence to the approach. We think you'll find it a welcome addition as it helps you assess where you are and know what other things you might need to concentrate on to fully implement the model and achieve the type of success you are shooting for. Guidelines are provided for measuring initial and secondary implementation goals. You can download the
Implementation Guidelines here.
Finally, we wanted to post a series of
policy statements from the American Association of Children's Residential Centers that we think represents the state of the art when it comes to residential treatment of children and adolescents with several behavioral difficulties who cannot be managed in a home setting. We thought this would be of interest to those of you working in similar settings. Think:Kids is pleased to partner with AACRC to provide training at their last 3 annual conferences.