✨Collaborative Proactive Solutions in a Nutshell ✨
The philosophy: Kids (and adults) do well if they can.
The mantra: Challenging behavior occurs when the demands and expectations being placed upon a child outstrip the skills he has to respond adaptively.
The Knowledge: Traditional school discipline does not teach skills or help kids solve problems.
Some goals: Significantly improve your understanding of the challenging kids in your classroom and school. Create mechanisms for responding to their needs proactively rather than emergently.
The mission: If we were going to start doing right by the challenging kids in our school, what would that look like?
The new methodology: Plan B.
The Three ingredients: Empathy, Define Adult Concerns, and the Invitation.
And, of course, the paperwork: the Assessment of Skills and Unsolved Problems and the Problem Solving Plan.
Your last mantra: Remain calmly optimistic and relentlessly persistent in the face of all odds ( Kinscherff, n.d.)
The rest is practice, tenacity, patience, perseverance, team work, and a desire for continuous improvement. And hope.
Greene, Ross W.. Lost at School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them (pp. 281-282).