There are all kinds of resources to help you learn more about this new way of understanding and helping kids. The soon to be released Think:Kids DVD is a great, low-cost way to acquaint yourself with our way of understanding and helping challenging kids. Our Blog can help with the basics, too, along with some great books and seminars. And once you have the basics down, you can return to the Blog for more advanced topics related to CPS. We are also thrilled to announce that we will be adding an interactive message board to this site for parents and educators very soon.

So get started with the materials that seem right for you. And then come back if you feel you need something more.

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BOOKS

The Explosive Child
Understanding and Helping Easily Frustrated, "Chronically Inflexible" Children
By Ross W. Greene, Ph.D. Now available in a completely revised and updated third edition, The Explosive Child is the internationally acclaimed book in which the Collaborative Problem Solving™ approach was first described. As in prior editions, the third edition describes a more contemporary approach to understanding and helping inflexible, easily frustrated, explosive children at home and school, but also includes the various updates to the CPS model that have occurred since the first edition was published in 1998. Click here if you want to buy the revised third edition at amazon.com.

Treating Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach
By Ross W. Greene, Ph.D. and J. Stuart Ablon, Ph.D.
The first comprehensive presentation for clinicians of the groundbreaking approach popularized in Ross Greene's acclaimed parenting guide, The Explosive Child, this book provides a detailed framework for effective, individualized intervention with highly oppositional children and their families. Many vivid examples and Q&A sections show how to identify the specific cognitive factors that contribute to explosive and noncompliant behavior, remediate these factors, and teach children and their adult caregivers how to solve problems collaboratively. The book also describes challenges that may arise in implementing the model and provides clear and practical solutions. Two special chapters focus on intervention in schools and in therapeutic/restrictive facilities. Click here if you want to buy Treating Explosive Kids at amazon.com.

VIDEOS AND DVDS

Parenting the Explosive Child: The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach is specifically for parents of behaviorally challenging children and adolescents. This 2-hour program provides up-to-date information on implementing the CPS model at home, and features Drs. Ross Greene and Stuart Ablon interviewing and working with parents of behaviorally challenging children. The video/DVD is appropriate for those who are new to the model, as well as those who have read The Explosive Child and/or attended a workshop on the CPS approach. To order a copy of the program on DVD, please click here. To order a copy of the program on VHS from Amazon.com, please click here.