MOPS Public Trainings

CE Credit Hours: 4

Program Description:

This training will introduce the Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) approach as a therapeutic intervention aimed at reducing disruptive or difficult behavior for children and youth. This training is designed to explain how CPS may help youth strengthen emotion regulation skills, facilitate supportive relationships, enhance communication between youth and guardians, and improve their ability to solve problems together. The training will cover the research that supports the use of CPS as an evidenced-based treatment intervention and help participants identify ways that the approach could be used in their own clinical work.

Goals:

1. Introduce the Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) approach, how it conceptualizes disruptive or difficult behaviors, its components, and its clinical application
2. Introduce participants to clinical research that supports the effectiveness of CPS as an evidenced-based treatment intervention for addressing difficult behaviors in children and youth
3. Illustrate the practical application of CPS in clinical settings and provide participants with resources to help them apply this approach in their own clinical work

Objectives:

·        Participants will be able to identify primary components of CPS and intervention strategy

·        Participants will understand the clinical utility and assumptions of collaborative problem solving

·        Recognize and anticipate how cultural factors may impact the use of CPT

·        Participants will be able to demonstrate how to use CPS using a role-play scenario

Workshop Outline:

Welcome and introduction to the Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) approach techniques/components (8:45-9:15)

Review of latest research that supports the effectiveness of CPS as an evidenced-based treatment (9:15-9:25)

Core components of CPS (9:25-10:30)

• Underlying assumptions
• Clinician's role
• Identifying skills to build
• Plan A, B, C techniques and comparison
• Plan B details

15-minute break (10:30-10:45)

Video demonstration of CPS in action and debrief (10:45-11:35)

CPS as a “neurodevelopmentally sensitive” and “trauma informed” approach (11:35-11:45)

Discussion on how cultural factors may impact the use of CPT (11:45-11:55)

Review of CPS resources for clinicians (11:55-12:05)

Role-play scenarios using CPS in small groups and debrief (12:05-12:50)

Discuss application to own clinical practice, post-training quiz, training feedback (12:50-1)