Mark -In-Person Family & Caregiver Course -Wednesdays, Mar5-Apr16@ 5:30PM

All current classes are offered in-person and generously funded by the Oregon Department of Education.

This six-week long class will include:

• Dinner catered by a local restaurant
• Supervised activities for youth during class
• $25 gift certificate for attendance through week 3
• $75 gift certificate for attendance through week 6

• Learn the Collaborative Problem Solving® approach & effective ways to reduce conflict

• Build skills & confidence in using the CPS approach

• Network & share information about community resources

• Develop new understanding of challenging behavior & learn new ways to help your child

• Rethink conventional approaches to behavioral difficulties and strengthen relationships

• Gain support from other parents, grandparents, foster parents, and caregivers

The Collaborative Problem Solving® approach is an evidence-based method to managing challenging behavior that promotes the understanding that challenging kids lack the skill - not the will - to behave; specifically, skills related to problem-solving, flexibility and frustration tolerance.

Unlike traditional models of discipline, the CPS approach avoids the use of power, control and motivational procedures and instead focuses on collaborating with the child/ youth/ young adult to solve the problems leading to challenging behavior and building the skills they need to succeed.

3/5/2025 - First Class

3/12/2025

3/19/2025

3/26/2025 - Class closed due to Spring Break

4/2/2025

4/9/2025

4/16/2025- Last Class

Mark Beach, MS, is the Parent Education Director at The Child Center and has been teaching the Collaborative Problem Solving model since 2009. He is certified in CPS by Think:Kids, trains crisis intervention strategies, and is a Child and Family Therapist with 30 years of experience working with families. At home, is "Dad" to twin teen boys. Mark's philosophical roots are in Adlerian psychology, Dreikursian child guidance, Existential psychotherapy, Family Systems, and Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy.

Disclaimer:

This facilitator is CPS Certified and receives ongoing supervision from Think:Kids. This class is independent of, and has no direct affiliation with Think:Kids or Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Information shared by the facilitator reflects their best understanding of the CPS approach.

Think:Kids is a program in the Department of Psychiatry at MGH.

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