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51ST ANNUAL
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2015
REGISTRATION & COFFEE HOUR
8:00–9:00 am
WELCOME
9:00–9:30 am
DR. FÉLIX MATOS RODRÍGUEZ,
President, Queens College
DR. CRAIG MICHAELS,
Dean, Division of Education
DR. LYNN HOWELL,
Chair, Department of Educational &
Community Programs
DR. MARIAN C. FISH,
Coordinator, Graduate Program in School Psychology
KEYNOTE/PART I
9:30 am–11:30 am
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
ROSS W. GREENE, PhD
■ Originator of the Collaborative & Proactive
Solutions (CPS) model
■ Author of The Explosive Child
and Lost at School: Why Our Kids with
Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through
the Cracks and How We Can Help Them
■ Founder of the non-profit Lives in the Balance
www.livesinthebalance.org
■ Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of
Psychology, Virginia Tech
REGISTRATION APPLICATION
PROGRAM
THE COLLABORATIVE
AND PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS
(CPS) MODEL
This is the empirically supported model
Dr. Greene described in his influential books,
The Explosive Child and Lost at School.
The CPS model has transformed thinking
and practices in countless schools, inpatient
psychiatry units, and residential and juvenile
detention facilities, and has been associated
with dramatic reductions in disciplinary
referrals, detentions, suspensions, seclusions,
and physical, chemical, and mechanical
restraints. CPS represents a significant
departure from discipline-as-usual: It focuses
on solving problems rather than on modifying
behavior, emphasizes collaborative rather than
unilateral solutions, encourages proactive rather
than reactive intervention, de-emphasizes
diagnostic categories, and provides practical,
research-based tools for assessment and
intervention. In the morning session, Dr. Greene
will provide a general overview of the CPS
model. Participants in this workshop will leave
with an understanding of the underpinnings of
the model, along with practical assessment and
intervention tools that can be brought back to
and used in these diverse settings.
LUNCHEON
11:30 am–1:00 pm
KEYNOTE/PART II
1:00–3:00 pm
APPLYING THE COLLABORATIVE
AND PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS MODEL
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE
Please detach and mail with your check.
A check for $___________ is enclosed to cover the
costs of registration, coffee hour, and lunch.
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Mail registration closes January 16, 2015.
Application of the Collaborative and Proactive
Solutions Model and specific details on the
use of the Assessment of Lagging Skills and
Unsolved Problems and Plan B will be provided.
CONFERENCE RESERVATIONS:
$110 a person ($125 on conference day, space
permitting). Special registration fee for full-time
graduate students in psychology with proof of
student status: $55 a person ($65 on conference
day, space permitting).
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY COMMITTEE
Make checks payable to:
MARIAN C. FISH, Conference Coordinator
and mail with this form to:
Dr. Marian C. Fish
Graduate Program in School Psychology
Educational & Community Programs Dept.
Queens College, CUNY
Queens, NY 11367-1597
DAVID S. GOH
EMILIA LOPEZ
SHERRIE PROCTOR
DIANE MANTELLINO, College Assistant
QC School Psychology Conference
On multiple reservations, please indicate name and
address of each person attending the conference,
using a separate sheet for each reservation.
ABOUT OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER
HOW TO REACH QUEENS COLLEGE
Ross W. Greene, PhD, is the originator of
Queens College is located at the corner of the
Long Island Expressway and Kissena Blvd. in
Flushing (exit 24 of the LIE).
SCHOOL
PSYCHOLOGY
CONFERENCE
BY CAR
The campus can be reached from Manhattan
via the Midtown Tunnel; from the Bronx or
Westchester via the RFK, Bronx Whitestone, or
Throgs Neck Bridges; and from farther out on
Long Island via the Long Island Expressway,
Northern State/Grand Central Parkway, or
Northern Blvd.
BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Via FLUSHING – Take the Long Island Railroad
or the #7 subway to Main St., Flushing. From
Main St., take the Q25 or Q34 bus to the main
gate; or take the Q17 bus to the corner of Kissena
Blvd. and the Long Island Expressway, and walk
one block south to the main gate.
Via FOREST HILLS – Take the E, F, M, or R
subway to 71st Ave., Forest Hills. From the
corner of Queens Blvd. and 70th Rd., take the
Q64 bus to Kissena Blvd. and Jewel Ave., and
walk one block north to the main gate.
Via JAMAICA – Take the E, J, or Z subway to
Jamaica Center (Parsons Blvd. and Archer Ave.),
or the Long Island Railroad to Jamaica Station
(Sutphin Blvd. and Archer Ave.). From either of
these locations, take the Q25 or Q34 bus to the
main gate.
For further information, contact:
Dr. Marian C. Fish
Graduate Program in School Psychology
Queens College, CUNY
Queens, NY 11367-1597
schoolpsych@qc.cuny.edu | 718-997-5230
Graduate Program in School Psychology
Educational & Community Programs
65-30 Kissena Boulevard | Queens, NY 11367-1597
the Collaborative Problem Solving approach
(now known as Collaborative & Proactive
Solutions), described in his influential books
The Explosive Child (now in a completely
updated fifth edition) and Lost at School (now
in a revised second edition). Dr. Greene served
on the teaching faculty at Harvard Medical
School from 1992 to 2014, and is currently
adjunct associate professor in the Department
of Psychology at Virginia Tech. He is also the
founding director of the nonprofit organization
Lives in the Balance, which provides a vast
array of free, web-based resources on his
model and advocates on behalf of behaviorally
challenging kids and their parents, teachers,
and other caregivers. Dr. Greene lectures
widely throughout the world and lives in
Portland, Maine, with his wife and two kids.
51ST ANNUAL
COLLABORATIVE AND
PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS:
Understanding and Helping Students with
Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Challenges
Ross W. Greene, PhD
Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech
Lives in the Balance
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2015
STUDENT UNION, 4TH FLOOR • 8 AM–4 PM