The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach: Outcomes …

The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach: Outcomes Across SettingsAlisha R. Pollastri, PhD, Lawrence D. Epstein, PhD, Georgina H. Heath, BSc,and J. Stuart Ablon, PhDIn the last decade, Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) has become a popular approach to managing the challengingbehaviors of children and adolescents, and has established a growing evidence base for reducing oppositional behav-ior and related Outcomes . In contrast with standard behavioral methods that provide incentives for meeting adultexpectations, CPS focuses on identifying and treating lagging cognitive skills that interfere with children s ability tomeet these expectations. Since the majority of CPS Outcomes have been evaluated in clinical and educational settingsas part of internal quality-improvement efforts, only a small proportion of thesefindings has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals.

For each child, specific skill deficits are identified, along with the situations in which these lagging skills cause diffi-culty meeting adult expectations. Then the intervention assists the child in developing the skills that are lagging. This skill building occurs in natural settings through prob-

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