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Greene’s mantra throughout the book is
Behind every challenging behavior is an unsolved problem or a lagging skill (or both).
Lagging skills are the WHY. Unsolved problems are the WHO, WHAT, WHEN and WHERE.
Greene offers his assessment tool called ALSUP (Assessment of Lagging Skills and Unsolved Problems). The ALSUP is a list of the lagging skills a child needs, along with a section for listing unsolved problems or triggers.
He suggests bringing a copy of the ALSUP to meetings in which a child’s challenges are being discussed. Why? Greene contends all caregivers of a particular child must achieve consensus on and list the problems that seem to be precipitating the challenging behaviors.
Why consensus? Because if caregivers have disparate notions about what’s getting in this child’s way, there can be no coherent treatment. The time devoted to hashing out and coming to a consensus about a kid’s lagging skills and unsolved problems is worth it in the end.
Once everyone has a handle on this child’s lagging skills and unsolved problems, they’ve taken a major step toward fixing things. The kid’s challenging episodes are now going to be highly predictable. Caregivers and teachers will be able to be proactive.
Link to Ross Greene's first book, The Explosive Child. Link to the Center for Collaborative Problem Solving . Link to Amazon page for the new book, Lost at School
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