Collaborative & Proactive Solutions with Dr Ross Greene
February 26 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
We’re thrilled to invite you to kick off Maine Youth Thriving’s 2026 Speaker Series with an inspiring and practical 90-minute workshop featuring Dr. Ross Greene — acclaimed author, researcher, and originator of the groundbreaking Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) approach.
Dr. Greene is best known for his influential books The Explosive Child and Lost at School, with new and forthcoming titles including Lost & Found and Raising Human Beings. He spent over 20 years on the teaching faculty at Harvard Medical School and is currently an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech. He is also the Founding Director of Lives in the Balance, a nonprofit providing free, accessible resources and advocacy for behaviorally challenged children and the adults who support them.
What to Expect
This 90-minute interactive workshop will leave you:
- Inspired by a compassionate, research-based lens on behavior
- Equipped with practical strategies you can use immediately
- Reframing challenging behavior in ways that strengthen relationships
- Walking away with tools that can truly change how you connect with the young people in your life — at home, in schools, and across communities
Whether you’re an educator, caregiver, clinician, youth worker, parent, or community leader, this session will deepen your understanding and expand your capacity to respond with empathy, effectiveness, and hope.
Not a member yet? Join Maine Youth Thriving today and receive the member discount for this event — and all future speaker series offerings, along with year-round access to resources, trainings, and community learning opportunities.
Membership pays for itself — starting with this event.
We can’t imagine a more powerful way to begin our 2026 Speaker Series. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of the most respected voices in youth behavior and relational care.