Issues in Children's Mental Health

Dr. Greene's guest on today's program is Tuija Lehtinen, a school psychologist in Haninge, Sweden, who is currently overseeing a project in which the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) model is being implemented in all 16 public schools,

Lagging Skills and Challenging Behavior

Apr 7th, 2014 44m 48s

Dr. Greene's guest on today's program was Dr. Christopher Kaufman, a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist whose 27 years of practice includes over two decades as Lead Psychologist for the Portland (Maine) Public School Depart

CPS in Oakland Unified School District

Mar 3rd, 2014 45m 26s

Dr. Greene's guest on today's program was Sally Payson-Hayes, Ph.D., a school psychologist in the Oakland (California) Unified School District, where there's a lot of Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) going on...and a lot of research on

Predicting and Preventing Violence

Feb 3rd, 2014 45m 22s

Who's likely to commit violent acts and why do they do it? Can we predict violence well enough to prevent it? This was a fascinating discussion with Dr. James Garbarino, author of Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them.

The Social and Emotional Well-Being of Kids: How's It Going?

Jan 6th, 2014 45m 32s

On today's program, Dr. Greene was joined by Dr. Amanda Nickerson -- presently inaugural director of the University of Buffalo’s Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention -- to discuss bullying prevention in particular and the social-emotion

Mental Health First-Aid

Dec 9th, 2013 45m

Dr. Gary Blau, Chief of the Child, Adolescent and Family Branch of the Center for Mental Health Services, joined Dr. Greene this month to discuss his work in the field of mental health. Among other issues, Dr. Blau discusses the alarmingly high

Preventing Violence Through Compassion

Nov 4th, 2013 46m

Dr. Greene was joined this month by Dr. James Gilligan, an American Psychiatrist and author who has completed extensive work on the biological, social and psychological factors of violence. Based on his life work, Dr. Gilligan theorizes that th

Collaboration and Problem Solving

May 6th, 2013 46m

Dr. Greene's guest on this program was Tony Wagner, the first Innovation Education Fellow at the Technology & Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard and the author of the best-selling book The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t

School Safety and "Human Detectors"

Apr 1st, 2013 45m

Dr. Greene's guest on today's program was William S. Pollack, Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Professor (Psychology) in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Pollack was a consultant to Safe Schools Initiative (a collaborative p

Homeless Youth: Who They Are and What They Need From Us

Mar 4th, 2013 46m

Dr. Greene's guest on today's program was Chris Bicknell of the Teen Center and Lighthouse at Preble Street Resource Center in Portland, Maine, where h e has helped to develop the Connect Team, an interagency team designed to work with youth wh

Is Your Facility Ready to Eliminate Restraint and Seclusion?

Jan 7th, 2013 46m

Dr. Greene's guest on today's program was David Colton, Ph.D., a renowned expert on cultural changes in behavioral health care organizations that can contribute to the reduction of the use of seclusion and restraint, a topic on which Dr. Colton

Restraint and Seclusion in Schools

Dec 3rd, 2012 46m

Dr. Greene's guests on this program were Darcy Gruttadaro, JD, the Director of the Child & Adolescent Action Center at the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and Howard Trachtman, the immediate past co-chair of the Massachusetts Behavioral He

Solving Problems in Juvenile Detention

Nov 5th, 2012 47m

Dr. Greene's guest on today's program was Jeff Morin, Acting Superintendent at Mountain View Youth Development Center, a juvenile detention facility in Charleston, Maine. Led by people like Jeff, there have been many positive changes at Mounta

Hitting is for Baseball

Oct 1st, 2012 46m

Dr. Greene's guest on today's program was Dr. George Holden, a developmental psychologist and researcher at Southern Methodist University and a very persuasive advocate against the use of corporal punishment at home and school. Dr. Holden is al

Juvenile Injustice

Sep 10th, 2012 46m

On today's program, Dr. Greene interviewed Richard Ross, a photographer and researcher in Santa Barbara, California who, with funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, has used photography to document conditions in juvenile detention settings

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