The CPS Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Is it Poor Motivation or Lagging Skills? Apr 26, 2011

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If a child's behavioral challenges are the result of poor motivation, then rewarding and punishing makes perfect sense. But if it's lagging skills...and if the behavioral challenges occur in response to specific unsolved problems...well, you have some problem-solving in your future...hopefully, the collaborative kind.

Gathering Information Can Be Hard Apr 19, 2011

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A mom called in for help on gathering information in the Empathy step of Plan B. And our emailers provided additional grist for the discussion mill: How do you tell the world about your challenging child? What if the adult is lacking some important skills, too?

My Child is Having Difficulty Hearing My Concerns Apr 12, 2011

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The title of this program tells you about an issue raised by one of our callers. But lots of additional issues were covered as well, including what to do if one parents is on board with CPS and the other isn't (yet).

The Parents Panel Tackles Corporal Punishment Apr 05, 2011

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Susie, a member of our Parents Panel, raised the topic of paddling kids at school, and the discussion took off from there...with some fairly predictable conclusions.

This Could Take a While Mar 29, 2011

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There are lots of things that could be slowing things down when families are implementing the CPS model...but it's good to remember that getting good at Plan B and making fundamental changes in family interactions doesn't happen in a week anyway.

Back to Plan A if the First Solution Doesn't Work? No Way! Mar 15, 2011

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A variety of topics on today's program, thanks to our emailers, but what to do if the first solution doesn't work? That came from our caller.

Can You Use Plan B with Young Kids? Mar 08, 2011

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That's the topic we led off with, but we moved on to other interesting discussions, thanks to our callers.

What About the Grandparents? Mar 01, 2011

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Sometimes grandparents have strong opinions about the manner in which challenging kids should be disciplined, and aren't so familiar with Plan B. What to do? The Parents Panel weighs in (on this and other topics).

Playing Catch-up Feb 22, 2011

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On today's program, Dr. Greene responded to the email that has gathered over the past month or so. A variety of topics were discussed, including the need to identify specific unsolved problems, whether the CPS model is applicable to "imploders" as well as "exploders," how to word a neutral observation in the Empathy step, and the fact that vague concerns tend to lead to vague solutions. Very informative!

Don't Forget, This is Supposed to be Proactive Feb 15, 2011

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Lots of callers on today's program, and lots of good information, too.