Collaborative Problem Solving: How to Address Challenging Behaviors with Children
An evening presentation by Dr. Stuart Ablon, PhD
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
7:00 – 8:30pm
via Zoom webinar
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Feeling like every interaction with your child becomes a battle? Incentives and consequences losing their appeal and impact? Helping children with challenging behaviors begins with understanding why they struggle in the first place. Collaborative Problem Solving is an approach that recognizes that children with challenging behaviors are already trying hard. This means that children do well when they CAN, not just when they want to. They don’t lack the will to behave well, but rather they lack the skills necessary to behave well at times.
Parents, caregivers, and teachers can help children by adopting a compassionate mindset that that helps children build skills and relationships with the caring adults in their lives. Skills can be successfully introduced, practiced, and developed in our homes and classrooms when we utilize this approach!
In this talk, Dr. Ablon will discuss:
- What do we mean by “challenging behavior”
- What does research show about the causes of challenging behavior
- How can we identify triggers to a child’s challenging behavior
- How to build skills supporting flexibility, frustration tolerance and problem solving
- How can we develop a game plan to handle problems before they happen
- How do we develop lasting solutions to problem behaviors
There will be plenty of time for Q&A with Dr. Ablon. If you have questions in advance you can submit them on the registration form below.
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Fee: $5 per family; Free for teachers
Pre-registered attendees will receive a Zoom link and instructions. All portions of this webinar will include live transcription.
Email us: if you have any questions or would like to
request an accessibility accommodation.
Advance Registration is required.
Fee: $5 per family; Free for teachers
Please scroll down to register.
Pre-registered attendees will receive a Zoom link and instructions. All portions of this webinar will include live transcription.
Email us: if you have any questions or would like to request an accessibility accommodation.
Presenter:
Stuart Ablon, PhD, an award-winning psychologist and Associate Professor and Thomas G. Stemberg Endowed Chair at Harvard Medical School, is recognized globally for his expertise and insights. Founding Director of Think:Kids in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, and through his books and presentations, Dr. Ablon has dedicated his efforts to transforming the way we comprehend and respond to concerning behavior.