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"Kids Do Well If They Can" Seattle/WA State

Learn more about (and JOIN!) the growing movement to bring Collaborative & Proactive Solutions to schools in Seattle and across Washington state.

Released April 19, 2023

Restraint & Isolation in Seattle Schools

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Watch, Listen & Learn

"Kids Do Well If They Can" presentation for Seattle/WA State

A conversation for Educators, Professionals (and Parents, too)

A conversation for Educators, Professionals (and Parents, too)

Watch Dr. Ross Greene's presentation for Seattle/WA State (recorded 11/15/22) on how Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (CPS) uses compassion and problem solving to help schools meet the needs of all learners, while reducing punitive, exclusionary disciplinary practices like suspensions, restraints, and isolation.

A conversation for Educators, Professionals (and Parents, too)

A conversation for Educators, Professionals (and Parents, too)

A conversation for Educators, Professionals (and Parents, too)

Listen to Dr. Greene's exchange with  a group of Behavior Analysts on the lenses through which he (and the CPS model) address issues like diagnoses of ODD, ADHD, Autism, the use of Medication, and practices such as time-out, suspensions and expulsions.

Take the CPS Guided Tour

A conversation for Educators, Professionals (and Parents, too)

Take the CPS Guided Tour

Learn more about how to support kids using CPS by taking the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) Guided Tour from Lives in the Balance. the nonprofit organization started by Dr. Greene that provides loads of free resources. 

Where Do We Go From Here?

One Kid, One Problem at a Time


  • Watch & Share Dr. Ross Greene's presentation for Seattle/WA State with friends, teachers, mental health professionals and others


  • Watch & Share the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions Walking Tour 


  • Join "The B Team" Facebook Group for guidance on problem solving using the CPS model


  • For Educators: Join the "Lost & Found" Facebook Group


  • Sign up for a Lives in the Balance Workshop, Conference or Training


SSEPTSA-Created Resources


  • Join the "Kids Do Well" Seattle/WA State Facebook Group


  • Use the Email Templates below to request CPS in your classroom or school


  • Use this CPS-flavored IEP Goal and Problem-Solving Planning Sheet 

Whole SCHOOL, Whole DISTRICT: A Phased Implementation


Leaders gotta lead: principals, district admin do training, galvanize people, create time.


Start small, then build capacity


Work with a CPS-certified trainer or DIY with a "Lost at School" Book Study.


Phase 1: Core Group. 8-10 ppl in building do training, practice. Use ALSUP and Plan B w/ real kids. Give feedback on unsolved problems.


Phase 2: Spread It (Modeling). Modeling by Core Group Members w/ new folks joining as observers


Phase 3: Spread It (Coaching). Core Group coaches new folks to do ALSUP, Plan B.


Phase X : Embed It. (anytime and often) implementation team: focus on structures, policies, procedures and barriers

copy.paste.customize.send: email templates

For Families and PTSAs

For Families and PTSAs

For Families and PTSAs

Dear , 


I'm writing to you today to ask you to support training for all staff in Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS), an evidence-based model developed by Dr. Ross Greene from Lives in the Balance that gives educators practical tools to meet students' academic and behavioral needs.


CPS is different from traditional behavior management (e.g. rewards and consequences/punitive discipline) in that it focuses on the unsolved problems (adult expectations and kids' lagging skills) that lead to concerning behaviors, rather than on simply managing or eliminating behaviors. It centers students as partners in problem solving, gives voice to their lived experience, and gives educators the information they need to support struggling learners. It's a paradigm shift in how we engage with students, and it's what our schools need right now.


This matters to me personally because too many kids continue to struggle in school because educators don't yet understand what kids who engage in concerning behavior are dealing with, and what, exactly, their behavior is communicating. CPS takes away much of the guesswork that educators and professionals do by involving students directly, and proactively, one problem at a time. 


Dr. Greene gave a presentation to Seattle and Washington state in November 2022. Over 700 people (parents, educators, school district leaders, state legislators and advocacy organizations) attended, and many more have watched the presentation since. You can watch the presentation (and check out other CPS resources) here: http://seattlespecialeducationptsa.org/kids-do-well.


The Seattle Special Education PTSA is in talks with Seattle Public Schools about Dr. Greene's offer to bring these trainings to schools district-wide, at little to no cost to the district. 


Please join me in supporting this effort.


For Educators

For Families and PTSAs

For Families and PTSAs

Dear , 


I'd like to start a conversation with our staff around bringing Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) into our school to support all students, and especially our most struggling learners. CPS is an evidence-based model developed by Dr. Ross Greene from Lives in the Balance that gives educators practical tools to meet students' academic and behavioral needs.


CPS is different from traditional behavior management (e.g. rewards and consequences/punitive discipline) in that it focuses on the unsolved problems (adult expectations and kids' lagging skills) that lead to concerning behaviors, rather than on simply managing or eliminating behaviors. It centers students as partners in problem solving, gives voice to their lived experience, and gives educators the information they need to support struggling learners. It's a paradigm shift in how we engage with students, and it's what our schools need right now.


Our educators deserve support in understanding the problems that kids who engage in concerning behavior are dealing with, and what, exactly, their behavior is communicating. CPS takes away much of the guesswork that educators and professionals do by involving students directly, and proactively, one problem at a time. 


Dr. Greene gave a presentation to Seattle and Washington state in November 2022. Over 700 people (parents, educators, school district leaders, state legislators and advocacy organizations) attended, and many more have watched the presentation since. You can watch the presentation (and check out other CPS resources) here: http://seattlespecialeducationptsa.org/kids-do-well.


The Seattle Special Education PTSA is in talks with Seattle Public Schools about Dr. Greene's offer of bringing these trainings to schools district-wide, at little to no cost to the district. 


Please join me in supporting this effort.

Join the "Kids Do Well If They Can" Seattle/WA State Facebook Group discuss action plans, ask and answer questions, and receive updates on our work in Seattle and Washington. 

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