Collaborative Problem Solving: Parenting, Teaching and Treating Challenging Kids

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 9:30 – 11:00 am

J. Stuart Ablon, Ph.D.

Director, Think: Kids, MGH; Associate Clinical Professor Harvard Medical School

At the conclusion of the seminar, participants will be able to describe the following:

• How different explanations for and interpretations of challenging behavior can lead to dramatically different approaches to intervention.
• The various cognitive skills that are central to complying and handling demands for flexibility and frustration tolerance.
• Why conventional reward and punishment procedures may not be effective for many explosive/noncompliant children and adolescents.
• The basic underpinnings of the Collaborative Problem Solving approach.
• How to effectively implement Collaborative Problem Solving to reduce the frequency and intensity of challenging behavior and build lagging skills while maintaining adults as authority figures.

Fee: $15, payable to Four Winds Hospital 1.5 CME Credits Pending 1.5 CASAC Section 2 criteria and CPP/CPS Section 1 criteria clock hours pending*

As registration is required, please call 1-800-546-1754 ext. 2413 to reserve your seat today, or mail this registration with payment to: Four Winds Hospital Attn: Marketing Dept. 800 Cross River Road Katonah, NY 10536

Register online at www.fourwindshospital.com

Due to limited seating, registration is limited to the first 100 paid registrants.