The Explosive Child

Raising Human Beings

Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child

Ross W. Greene

Here a renowned child psychologist explains how to cultivate a better parent-child relationship while also nurturing empathy, honesty, resilience, and independence. Greene makes a powerful case for rethinking typical approaches to parenting and disciplining children.

Lost at School

Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them

Ross W. Greene

Detentions, suspensions and expulsions are the established tools of school discipline, but there's a big problem with these strategies: they are ineffective for most of the students to whom they are applied.

Lost and Found

Helping Behaviorally Challenging Students (and, While You're At It, All the Others)

Ross W. Greene

Implement a more constructive approach to difficult students Lost and Found is a follow-up to Dr. Ross Greene's landmark works, The Explosive Child and Lost at School, providing educators with highly practical, explicit guidance on implementing his Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) Problem Solving model with behaviorally-challenging students. While the first two books described Dr. Greene's positive, constructive approach and described implementation on a macro level, this useful guide provides the details of hands-on CPS implementation by those who interact with these children every day. Readers will learn how to incorporate students' input in understanding the factors making it difficult for them to meet expectations and in generating mutually satisfactory solutions. Specific strategies, sample dialogues, and time-tested advice help educators implement these techniques immediately. The groundbreaking CPS approach has been a revelation for parents and educators of behaviorally-challenging children. This book gives educators the concrete guidance they need to immediately begin working more effectively with these students. Implement CPS one-on-one or with an entire class Work collaboratively with students to solve problems Study sample dialogues of CPS in action Change the way difficult students are treated The discipline systems used in K-12 schools are obsolete, and aren't working for the kids to whom they're most often applied – those with behavioral challenges. Lost and Found provides a roadmap to a different paradigm, helping educators radically transform the way they go about helping their most challenging students.

The Kids Who Aren't Okay

The Urgent Case for Reimagining Support, Belonging, and Hope in Schools

Ross W. Greene

From a New York Times bestselling authority on education and children’s mental health comes a groundbreaking guide to navigating classroom challenges through an approach that is aimed at meeting kids where they’re at and being responsive to the developmental variability inherent in every classroom. Over the past two decades, a wide array of societal changes have made it much harder to be a kid. While lots of kids are still doing okay, many more than ever are not. The Kids Who Aren’t Okay opens with sobering statistics on children’s mental health: higher than ever rates of concerning behaviors at school, anxiety, depression, chronic absenteeism, and suicidality. And educators—who have never felt less safe at school, have experienced significant decreases in job satisfaction, and have left the profession in droves—aren’t doing very well, either. Child psychologist Dr. Ross Greene, renowned for his pioneering work in education and originator of the evidence-based Collaborative & Proactive Solutions model (which has transformed practices in countless families, schools, psychiatric units, and residential and juvenile detention settings), has worked in and with schools across the globe for decades. He argues that the moment demands that we renew our focus on developmental variability and meeting every student where they’re at, and that we take a hard look at our structures, practices, and mentalities at school and make practical, actionable, realistic changes that benefit all kids and educators. These changes must include shifting to interventions that are proactive (early) rather than reactive (late), solutions that are collaborative rather than unilateral, and focused on the problems that are causing concerning behaviors (and solving them) rather than behaviors (and modifying them). Building on the principles introduced in his landmark, bestselling book, Lost at School, Greene equips educators and caregivers with the tools to foster safer, more supportive, inclusive learning environments. In easy-to-understand, practical terms, Greene provides a clear road map for turning things around, complete with vignettes, case studies, and the voices of educators who’ve done it. The Kids Who Aren’t Okay is a vital resource, providing hope and guidance as schools navigate the new normal.

The Explosive Child [Sixth Edition]

A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

Ross W. Greene, PhD

Dr. Ross Greene provides a compassionate, practical approach to treating -explosive' children. Rather than viewing their behavior as willfully disobedient, he draws upon recent advances in the neurosciences and his extensive experience working with challenging children at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School in explaining that the difficulties of these children stem from brain-based deficits in two critical developmental skills: flexibility and frustration tolerance. These children may suffer from oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and bipolar disorder. Often misdiagnosed under the broad umbrella of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder(ADHD), they are too readily treated with drugs that can exacerbate their behavior. In a departure from treatments relying on rewarding and punishing, Dr. Greene's approach helps us grasp the underlying problems of explosive children, defuse explosive episodes, and reduce tension and hostility levels for the entire family by providing valuable tools for coping.

Lost & Found

Unlocking Collaboration and Compassion to Help Our Most Vulnerable, Misunderstood Students (and All the Rest)

Ross W. Greene

Help the students with concerning behaviors without detentions, suspensions, expulsions, paddling, restraint, and seclusion In the newly revised Second Edition of Lost and Found, distinguished child psychologist Dr. Ross W. Greene delivers an insightful and effective framework for educators struggling with students with concerning behaviors. The author’s Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) approach focuses on the problems that are causing concerning behaviors and helps school staff partner with students to solve those problems rather than simply modifying the behavior. In this book, you’ll discover: A more compassionate, practical, effective approach to students’ concerning behaviors, one that positions educators as allies, not enemies, and as partners, not adversaries Updated examples and dialogue suited to modern classrooms and recent innovations from the constantly evolving CPS model Specific advice on how schools can eliminate the use of punitive, exclusionary disciplinary procedures and address disproportionality Perfect for K-12 educators in general and special education, Lost and Found has also become standard reading for teachers-in-training, professors, and parents who struggle to help students for whom “everything” has already been tried.

Lost at School

Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them

Ross W. Greene

From a distinguished clinician, pioneer in working with behaviorally challenging kids, and author of the acclaimed The Explosive Child comes a groundbreaking approach for understanding and helping these kids and transforming school discipline. Frequent visits to the principal's office. Detentions. Suspensions. Expulsions. These are the established tools of school discipline for kids who don't abide by school rules, have a hard time getting along with other kids, don't seem to respect authority, don't seem interested in learning, and are disrupting the learning of their classmates. But there's a big problem with these strategies: They are ineffective for most of the students to whom they are applied. It's time for a change in course. Here, Dr. Ross W. Greene presents an enlightened, clear-cut, and practical alternative. Relying on research from the neurosciences, Dr. Greene offers a new conceptual framework for understanding the difficulties of kids with behavioral 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 behavioral 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 behavior 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. His lively, compelling narrative includes: • tools to identify the triggers and lagging skills underlying challenging behavior. • explicit guidance on how to radically improve interactions with challenging kids -- along with many examples showing how it's done. • dialogues, Q & A's, and the story, which runs through the book, of one child and his teachers, parents, and school. • practical guidance for successful planning and collaboration among teachers, parents, administrations, and kids. Backed by years of experience and research, and written with a powerful sense of hope and achievable change, Lost at School gives teachers and parents the realistic strategies and information to impact the classroom experience of every challenging kid.

High Risk

Children Without A Conscience

Ken Magid

IS YOUR CHILD AT HIGH RISK? Who are these children without a conscience? They are children who cannot trust, children who cannot love, children who will not be loved. They grow up to be charmers, con artists, amoral entrepreneurs, thieves, drug users, pathological liars, and worst of all: psychopathic killers . . . and they are often the product of even the best-intentioned families. For every parent of a “difficult” child, working parents, single parents, and adoptive parents, here is a book that addresses one of our society’s greatest problems. High Risk offers sobering case histories an invaluable suggestions for raising healthy children and protecting ourselves from the “trust bandits” who would steal our love, our money—our very lives. In High Risk you will learn how to: • Recognize character-disturbed children and adults • Prevent the development of antisocial behavior • Choose healthy child-care and school environments • Find the best professional help if your child is at risk • Minimize the trauma of adoption and foster care • Protect yourself from exploitative relationships in both your business and personal life • And much more. Foreword by Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder

Far From the Tree

Parents, Children and the Search for Identity

Andrew Solomon

Solomon tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so.

Deaf Like Me

Thomas S. Spradley, James P. Spradley

The parents of a child born without hearing describe their efforts to reach across the barrier of silence to teach their daughter to speak and enjoy a normal life.

Attention Deficit Disorder

The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults

Thomas E. Brown

A new understanding of ADD, along with practical information on how to recognize and treat the disorder A leading expert in the assessment and treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder dispels myths and offers reassuring, practical information about treatments. Drawing on recent findings in neuroscience and a rich variety of case studies from his own clinical practive, Dr. Thomas E. Brown describes what ADD syndrome is, how it can be recognized at different ages, and how it can best be treated.This is the first book to address the perplexing question about ADD: how can individuals, some very bright, be chronically unable to "pay attention," yet be able to focus very well on specific tasks that strongly interest them? Dr. Brown disputes the "willpower" explanation and explains how inherited malfunctions of the brain's management system prevent some people from being able to deal adequately with challenging tasks of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. His book is an authoritative and practical guide for physicians and psychologists, parents and teachers, and the 7 to 9 percent of persons who suffer from ADD/ADHD.

The Child With Special Needs

Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth

Stanley I. Greenspan, Serena Wieder, Robin Simons

Contains sections of discovering children's unique strengths, developmental capacities and challenges; encouraging emotional and intellectual growth; and family, therapy and school.

The Explosive Child [Sixth Edition]

A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

Ross W. Greene, PhD

Dr. Ross Greene provides a compassionate, practical approach to treating -explosive' children. Rather than viewing their behavior as willfully disobedient, he draws upon recent advances in the neurosciences and his extensive experience working with challenging children at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School in explaining that the difficulties of these children stem from brain-based deficits in two critical developmental skills: flexibility and frustration tolerance. These children may suffer from oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and bipolar disorder. Often misdiagnosed under the broad umbrella of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder(ADHD), they are too readily treated with drugs that can exacerbate their behavior. In a departure from treatments relying on rewarding and punishing, Dr. Greene's approach helps us grasp the underlying problems of explosive children, defuse explosive episodes, and reduce tension and hostility levels for the entire family by providing valuable tools for coping.

Summary of The Explosive Child

A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Dr. Ross W. Greene

Abbey Beathan

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W. Greene PhD Book Summary Abbey Beathan (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book.) Learn how to deal with chronically inflexible children with the best approach possible. For children who respond to regular problems with extreme frustration which manifests in crying, screaming, biting, hitting, and worse. Those kids are not "impossible childs", they can be soothed but you need to know the real reason why they behave that way. If you are thinking that it's because they are trying to seek attention or get what they want, you're wrong. In this book, you'll find the correct answer and learn how to use that knowledge in order to approach your explosive children. (Note: This summary is wholly written and published by Abbey Beathan. It is not affiliated with the original author in any way) "Behaviorally challenging kids are challenging because they're lacking the skills to not be challenging." - Ross W. Greene Dr. Ross Greene has treated thousands of explosive children and knows very well the true reason behind their behaviour. It's not because kids are seeking attention and it's not because their parents are pushovers. What he discovered is that explosive children are lacking of crucial skills that are able to regulate frustration. Because they are completely different from other children, they also need a different approach. Luckily, Dr Greene will reveal it to you in this book. Dr. Ross Greene provides a new mentality for parents in order for them to understand their explosive child and properly communicate with him. P.S. The Explosive Child is an extremely sincere book that will open your eyes to the inner world of explosive children and give helpless parents hope again. P.P.S. It was Albert Einstein who famously said that once you stop learning, you start dying. It was Bill Gates who said that he would want the ability to read faster if he could only have one superpower in this world. Abbey Beathan's mission is to bring across amazing golden nuggets in amazing books through our summaries. Our vision is to make reading non-fiction fun, dynamic and captivating. Ready To Be A Part Of Our Vision & Mission? Scroll Up Now and Click on the "Buy now with 1-Click" Button to Get Your Copy. Why Abbey Beathan's Summaries? How Can Abbey Beathan Serve You? Amazing Refresher if you've read the original book before Priceless Checklist in case you missed out any crucial lessons/details Perfect Choice if you're interested in the original book but never read it before Disclaimer Once Again: This book is meant for a great companionship of the original book or to simply get the gist of the original book. "One of the greatest and most powerful gift in life is the gift of knowledge. The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge" - Abbey Beathan

Summary: the Explosive Child

A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

Abbey Beathan

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W. Greene PhD | Book Summary | Abbey Beathan (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you're looking for the original book, search this link: http://amzn.to/2Gyfc1G) Learn how to deal with chronically inflexible children with the best approach possible. For children who respond to regular problems with extreme frustration which manifests in crying, screaming, biting, hitting, and worse. Those kids are not "impossible childs", they can be soothed but you need to know the real reason why they behave that way. If you are thinking that it's because they are trying to seek attention or get what they want, you're wrong. In this book, you'll find the correct answer and learn how to use that knowledge in order to approach your explosive children. (Note: This summary is wholly written and published by Abbey Beathan. It is not affiliated with the original author in any way) "Behaviorally challenging kids are challenging because they're lacking the skills to not be challenging." - Ross W. Greene Dr. Ross Greene has treated thousands of explosive children and knows very well the true reason behind their behaviour. It's not because kids are seeking attention and it's not because their parents are pushovers. What he discovered is that explosive children are lacking of crucial skills that are able to regulate frustration. Because they are completely different from other children, they also need a different approach. Luckily, Dr Greene will reveal it to you in this book. Dr. Ross Greene provides a new mentality for parents in order for them to understand their explosive child and properly communicate with him. P.S. The Explosive Child is an extremely sincere book that will open your eyes to the inner world of explosive children and give helpless parents hope again. P.P.S. It was Albert Einstein who famously said that once you stop learning, you start dying. It was Bill Gates who said that he would want the ability to read faster if he could only have one superpower in this world. Abbey Beathan's mission is to bring across amazing golden nuggets in amazing books through our summaries. Our vision is to make reading non-fiction fun, dynamic and captivating. Ready To Be A Part Of Our Vision & Mission? Scroll Up Now and Click on the "Buy now with 1-Click" Button to Get Your Copy. Why Abbey Beathan's Summaries? How Can Abbey Beathan Serve You? Amazing Refresher if you've read the original book before Priceless Checklist in case you missed out any crucial lessons/details Perfect Choice if you're interested in the original book but never read it before FREE 2 Page Printable Summary BONUS for you to paste in on your office, home etc Disclaimer Once Again: This book is meant for a great companionship of the original book or to simply get the gist of the original book. If you're looking for the original book, search for this link: http://amzn.to/2Gyfc1G "One of the greatest and most powerful gift in life is the gift of knowledge. The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge" - Abbey Beathan

EXTENDED SUMMARY THE EXPLOSIVE CHILD A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

Based On The Book By Ross W. Greene, Phd

Dima’s Library

Your child's next meltdown doesn't have to end in screaming, slammed doors, or another sleepless night of wondering what you did wrong. You've tried the sticker charts. The time-outs. The stricter consequences everyone swears work. And still, the same explosion happens over the same broken cracker, the same homework page, the same request to simply put on shoes. You're not imagining the pattern, and you're not failing as a parent — you're using tools built for a different kind of child than the one in front of you. This extended summary distills Dr. Ross W. Greene's groundbreaking Explosive Child model into a fast, usable guide for parents, teachers, and counselors who need answers now, not another 400-page read. Inside, you'll find the real reason traditional discipline backfires with easily frustrated, chronically inflexible children, the specific skills behind every "unsolved problem," and the step-by-step Collaborative Problem Solving method that replaces power struggles with lasting cooperation — at home, in the classroom, and across the whole family. This is an independent study companion and extended summary, written to support readers of the original sixth edition; it is not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by Ross W. Greene, PhD, or his publisher, and is not a replacement for the complete original book. If you're raising, teaching, or counseling a child who seems to explode without warning, this guide gives you language for what's happening and a plan that actually holds up under pressure. Read it tonight, and walk into tomorrow's hard moment already knowing what to do.

Treating Explosive Kids

The Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach

Ross W. Greene, J. Stuart Ablon

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.

The Explosive Child

Ross W. Greene

Lays out a sensitive, practical approach to helping your child at home and school.