Sara Reichman, a clinical psychologist, serves as a Hidden Sparks coach. She holds a doctorate from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology of Yeshiva University. She served as Senior Psychologist at New York University Medical Center, where she gained extensive experience working with children and families and was part of a multidisciplinary team that performed neurodevelopmental evaluations. Dr. Reichman then worked as a Senior Psychologist at a pediatric multi-specialty practice treating children, adolescents and families. She is a psychologist in private practice.
This session will be a facilitated discussion to construct and deepen our understanding of collaborative problem solving collaboratively. After the facilitated discussion, you can stay on to discuss students you have been observing, especially if they seem to have strengths or struggles having to do with collaborative problem solving (time permitting).
PREPARATION MATERIAL & OPTIONS
For each Webchat, there are 3 levels of preparation: 1) Short prep (up to 45 min.), 2) Medium prep (up to 3 hours), 3) Long prep (over 3 hours). Choose the preparation level that corresponds to the amount of time you can spend on learning before the WebChat.
“All Beginnings are Hard” by Ross Greene (Audio)
Audio “Blog Talk”
Brief overview of the Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) approach. And what it takes to implement CPS in schools.
Lives in the Balance: Walking Tour for Educators (Web course)
This web course breaks CPS into three parts. Within each part you’ll find a brief written explanation along with video explanations and examples of each part. We’ve selected the essential links, anything else is optional.
1) “Change Your Lenses” Please watch all four videos. (The listening library is optional.)
2) “Identifying Lagging Skills and Unsolved Problems” Please listen to “Assessment of Lagging Skills and Unsolved Problems.”(Any other links are optional.)
3) “Solve Problems” Watch the five video clips (The listening library selections are optional.)
Lost at School by Ross Greene (Book) Book (Kindle, $12.99; paperback, $10.29, audiobook, $6.95 (10 hrs.)
Psychiatrist and Harvard professor Greene follows up The Explosive Child with an in-depth approach to aid parents and teachers to work together with behaviorally challenging students. Greene’s philosophy is driven by the recognition that “kids who haven’t responded to natural consequences don’t need more consequences, they need adults who are knowledgeable about how challenging kids come to be challenging.” Greene’s “Plan B” system, which is fully and clearly explained in the course of the book, emphasizes identifying challenging behaviors-acting out, hitting, swearing, poor performance in class-and then working with students to find actual, practical ways to avoid them.