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An enlightened, clear-cut, and practical alternative

Relying on research from the neurosciences, Dr. Ross W. Greene offers a new conceptual framework for understanding the difficulties of kids with behavioural challenges and explains why traditional discipline isn't effective at addressing these difficulties. Emphasizing the revolutionarily simple and positive notion that kids do well if they can, he persuasively argues that kids with behavioural challenges are not attention-seeking, manipulative, limit-testing, coercive, or unmotivated, but that they lack the skills to behave adaptively. And when adults recognize the true factors underlying difficult behaviour and teach kids the skills in increments they can handle, the results are astounding: The kids overcome their obstacles; the frustration of teachers, parents, and classmates diminishes; and the well-being and learning of all students are enhanced. In Lost at School, Dr. Greene describes how his road-tested, evidence-based approach – called Collaborative Problem Solving – can help challenging kids at school.

By Ross Green