The School Discipline Fix: Changing Behavior Using the Collaborative Problem Solving Approach

J. Stuart Ablon · Alisha R. Pollastri

Jul 2020 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Kitty Hendrix

About this audiobook

Traditional school discipline is ineffective and often damaging, relying heavily on punishments and motivational procedures aimed at giving students the incentive to behave better. There is a better way. Dr. Ablon and his coauthor Dr. Pollastri have been working with schools throughout the world to refine the Collaborative Problem-Solving (CPS) approach, creating a step-by-step program for educators based on the recognition-from research in neuroscience-that challenging classroom behaviors are due to a deficit of skill, not will. This book provides everything needed to implement the program, including reproducible assessment tools to pinpoint skill deficits in areas like frustration tolerance and flexibility that are at the root of students' challenging behaviors. Whether you are a teacher, counselor, coach, or administrator, the CPS approach to school discipline will provide you with a new mindset, an assessment process, and an effective intervention plan for each of your challenging students. You will walk away with strategies that are immediately actionable with the students in your life.

About the author

J. Stuart Ablon is associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and lives in Boston.

Alisha R. Pollastri is a psychologist and researcher at Harvard Medical School and lives in Cohasset, Massachusetts.

Kitty Hendrix is an Audie Award-nominated and AudioFile Award-winning actor who has narrated books in nearly every genre. With an extensive background in theater, indie film, and musical performance, Kitty loves bringing her acting skills to audiobook narration. She lives in New York City with her husband and Shiba Inu.