Interested in reading more about the Collaborative Problem Solving approach and the research supporting its effectiveness? Here's a sampling of resources:

 

Books:

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Greene, R. W. (2009). The explosive child: A new approach for understanding and parenting easily frustrated, "chronically inflexible" children (Revised 4th edition). New York: HarperCollins.

Greene, R.W. (2009). Lost at school: Why our kids with behavioral challenges are falling through the cracks and how we can help them (Revised 2nd edition). New York: Scribner.

Regan, K. (2006). Opening our arms: Helping troubled kids do well. Boulder, CO: Bull Publishing.

 

Conceptual/Theoretical Underpinnings:

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Greene, R.W. (2010). The aggressive, explosive child. In B. Zuckerman, E. Caronna, & M. Augustyn (Eds.), Zuckerman and Parker's Handbook of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. (2nd Ed.). Baltimore: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, in press.

Greene, R. W. (2009). Collaborative Problem Solving. In R. Murrihy, A. Kidman, & T. Ollendick (Eds.), A clinician’s handbook for the assessment and treatment of conduct problems in youth. New York: Springer Publishing, in press.

Greene, R.W. (2009). Conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder. In J. Thomas & M. Hersen (Eds.), Handbook of Clinical Psychology Competencies. New York: Springer Publishing.

Greene, R. W., & Doyle, A.E. (1999). Toward a transactional conceptualization of oppositional defiant disorder: Implications for treatment and assessment. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2(3), 129-148.

 

Research:

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Epstein, T., & Saltzman-Benaiah, J. (2010). Parenting children with disruptive behaviors: Evaluation of a Collaborative Problem Solving pilot program. Journal of Clinical Psychology Practice, 27-40.

Martin, A., Krieg, H., Esposito, F., Stubbe, D., & Cardona, L. (2008). Reduction of restraint and seclusion through Collaborative Problem Solving: A five-year, prospective inpatient study. Psychiatric Services, 59(12), 1406-1412.

Greene, R.W., Ablon, S.A., & Martin, A. (2006). Innovations: Child Psychiatry: Use of Collaborative Problem Solving to reduce seclusion and restraint in child and adolescent inpatient units. Psychiatric Services, 57(5), 610-616.

Greene, R.W., Ablon, J.S., Monuteaux, M., Goring, J., Henin, A., Raezer, L., Edwards, G., & Markey, J., & Rabbitt, S. (2004). Effectiveness of Collaborative Problem Solving in affectively dysregulated youth with oppositional defiant disorder: Initial findings. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 1157-1164.

Greene, R.W., Biederman, J., Zerwas, S., Monuteaux, M., Goring, J., Faraone, S.V. (2002). Psychiatric comorbidity, family dysfunction, and social impairment in referred youth with oppositional defiant disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 159, 1214-1224.

Greene, R. W., Beszterczey, S. K., Katzenstein T., Park, K., & Goring, J. (2002). Are students with ADHD more stressful to teach? Patterns of teacher stress in an elementary school sample. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 10, 27-37.