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Discusses dealing with children who have quick fuses, have meltdowns, and may become physicially aggressive. Drs. Ross Greene and J. Stuart Ablon from the Center for Collaborative Problem Solving believe that children who lash out have not learned effective problem solving strategies. They suggest six essential skills students need to handle anger effectively. 1. Language processing. 2. Social skills. 3. Emotion regulation. 4. Sensory and motor skills. 5. Executive skills. 6. Cognitive flexibility. They maintain that consequences don't work with these noncompliant children. Describes the collaborative problem solving approach and interviews parents who have used these ideas successfully. | |