About the Author

Ross W. Greene, PhD, is the originator of the innovative, research-based approach now known as Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS), as described in this book and his prior books The Explosive Child and Lost at School. Dr. Greene served on the teaching faculty at Harvard Medical School for over twenty years, and is currently adjunct associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech. He is also the founding director of the nonprofit Lives in the Balance (www.livesinthebalance.org), 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. He is the author of numerous articles, chapters, and scientific papers on the effectiveness of the CPS model; the classification of and outcomes in youth with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges; and student-teacher compatibility. Dr. Greene lectures and consults to families, schools, inpatient psychiatry units, and residential and juvenile detention facilities throughout the world and lives with his family in Portland, Maine.