Collaborative Problem Solving Essential Foundation | August 2024 | CE / PDP

invites educators, residential program staff, mental health clinicians, and anyone who is living with or helping kids with challenging behavior to learn more about Collaborative Problem Solving® (CPS), the revolutionary, evidence-based approach for helping children develop the skills they need to manage their behavior.

This course is conducted online, over 3-sessions:

• Tuesday, August 27 : 11:00 am - 4:00 pm ET / 8:00 am - 1:00 pm PT
• Wednesday, August 28: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm ET / 8:00 am - 1:00 pm PT
• Thursday, August 29: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm ET / 8:00 am - 1:00 pm PT

Essential Foundation covers all aspects of the Collaborative Problem Solving approach. Through lectures, role-play, video examples, case studies, and breakout groups, participants learn how to identify the causes of unmet expectations and concerning behavior and how to address those causes using a relational and replicable process. After completing the course, participants are eligible to take Advanced Concepts in Collaborative Problem Solving (Level 2).

Upon completion, you will be able to:

• Describe why a new approach is needed for working with individuals with challenging behaviors.
• Explain that a person's behavior is influenced by their thinking skills rather than their motivation to behave well
• Understand that implicit bias may impact judgment about a person's behavior.
• Differentiate between problems to be solved and challenging behaviors when doing a CPS Assessment.
• Identify how responses to situations are consistent with Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C.
• Use Collaborative Problem Solving to build skills and address problems, not just challenging behaviors.
• Solve problems collaboratively with others.

• Individuals: $595 USD for all 3 sessions

• Groups of 5 or more: $535 USD each attendee, for all for sessions

Payment Policy: Credit/debit card is preferred for registration payment. Please email us at [email protected] if you must pay by check/invoice.

Financial Assistance: If you require financial assistance, please apply for assistance by completing this form. Funds are limited, and the application does not guarantee an award. The application is due 2 weeks before the training begins.

Training Cancellation Policy: Non-refundable. Substitutions are permitted.

• When registering, you are signing up for all three days. Attendance is required for each day as the learning builds upon the previous session's content.
• All participants must join via their own device. If joining as a group, each person should be on an individual device.
• Prerequisite: Prior exposure to Collaborative Problem Solving including attending a CPS Introductory Training, a CPS Parent Class, or watching this recording is strongly recommended but not required.

• Educators: We are approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for 12 PDPs.

• Social Workers: This program has been approved for 12 Social Work Continuing Education hours for relicensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. NASW-MA Chapter CE Approving Program, Authorization Number D91572.
• Licensed Mental Health Counselors: This program has been approved by MaMHCA/MCEAP for 12 CEs.
• Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Other: A certificate of attendance will be provided for 12 units which can be submitted to the corresponding professional organization for consideration.

Margaret Johnson, LMSW, works with people across the entire Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) learning continuum. She hosts training coaching sessions, provides implementation consultation to organizations, and provides high-level instruction in our Certification Program. Margaret also oversees the organization’s efforts to address diversity, equity, and inclusion within our services, day-to-day operations, and community relations. She works with the Think:Kids team to continually evaluate and improve how we train, coach, instruct, support, and interact with our community of learners and partners.

Margaret spent many years working directly with youth, families, and staff in Oregon’s foster care and residential treatment settings. As part of a large-scale effort to implement CPS across Oregon’s systems of care, she created CPS-based pilot programs, facilitated community meetings, and built curricula supporting CPS growth resulting in overseeing the Oregon CPS Project at Oregon Health & Science University. Margaret is passionate about teaching CPS to programs that serve families and youth involved in the child welfare and justice systems. She loves teaching CPS directly to parents and initiated the first online CPS parent classes while working at OHSU.

Margaret holds a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor’s Degree in both Psychology and Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.

Event Venue

Online