The Lives in the Balance Podcast

Preschool Pushout

Our new host Ben Jones, Director of Legal & Policy Initiatives, explores the issue of Preschool Pushout. Every year, our youngest learners are pushed out of early childhood education settings thro...

2026-05-13

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Empowering Voices: Previewing The Children's Mental Health Advocacy Conference

In this episode of the CPS Podcast, Dr. Ross Greene and Ben Jones discuss the upcoming Children's Mental Health Advocacy Conference, the current issues in children's mental health advocacy, and the op...

2025-10-03

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Are the Kids OK?

Check out the May 2025 episode of the CPS Podcast - Are the Kids OK? Dr. Ross Greene and Dr. Nirav Shaw explore the question “Are the kids ok?” by unpacking the rising stressors kids face in a rapid...

2025-07-01

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CPS with Adults and Kids with Disabilities: The Ireland Demonstration Project

This episode dives into the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions Ireland Demonstration Project, which has been making waves across children's disability services in Ireland. Toby Sachsenmaier share...

2025-04-22

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If Not Now, When?

This episode of the CPS Podcast takes a big-picture look at why power struggles dominate our world—politically, socially, as well as in parenting and education—when collaboration could be the real gam...

2025-03-28

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The Realities of Restraint and Seclusion

Two mothers share their stories about their children's experience with restraint and seclusion in schools to raise awareness and offer hope - there is a different way...

2025-02-22

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Skills That Foster The Better Side of Human Nature

Perhaps especially now, we think it's important to get back to skills -- empathy, appreciating how one's actions are affecting others, taking another person's perspective, resolving disagreements with...

2025-01-17

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Passion, perseverance…and problem solving

Dr. Ross Greene and Kim Hopkins explore the definition of grit and the fact that a lot of literature explaining how to teach grit leaves out the important role of problem solving first...

2024-12-20

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US Dept of Ed's Words of Wisdom: Do More of the Same

The US Department of Education recently released guidance suggesting that FBAs should be completed on all students. Dr. Ross Greene and our Director of Legal & Policy Initiatives, Ben Jones, J.D....

2024-11-26

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The CPS Podcast: School Safety

Don't be late...ask the kid...developmental variability...safety - all key themes of this month's episode tackling the topic of school safety. Listen now!

2024-10-18

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Setting the CPS Record Straight

We are back for the 2024-25 school year! ...and using new technology to hopefully resolve previous audio issues. In this edition of The CPS Podcast, Dr. Greene responds to a TikTok-er who is spreadi...

2024-09-10

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What We're Up Against

There's legislation pending in Massachusetts that would ban suspension for students in grades K-3. An admirable effort, but it drew some very ineresting responses from readers of The Boston Glove, whi...

2024-05-21

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What's the Problem with Plan C?

In the March edition of the CPS Podcast, we take a deep dive into Plan C (in the CPS model, Plan C refers to putting an expectation on hold, at least for now). While those familiar with CPS recognize ...

2024-03-19

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The CPS Podcast: Is the New ABA Really New?

On this month's program, we took a deep dive into "new" Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and whether its emphasis on assent and compassion really changes anything. Featuring guests Cindy Andree-Bowen a...

2024-02-07

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Coping Strategies: Are We Teaching Kids to be Early or Late?

The special topic on today's program was Coping Strategies: Are We Teaching Kids to Be Early or Late? Unfortunately, many of the coping strategies we're teaching kids these days teach them to cope onc...

2023-12-06

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Voices of the Neurodivergent Community

Today's program -- Voices of the Neurodivergent Community: What We Need You to Know -- features an interview with Jenny Hunt, a published multidisciplinary researcher that focuses on medicine, medical...

2023-11-15

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Why is There Disproportionality of Punitive, Exclusionary Discipline in Schools?

Our guest hosts, Alex Spencer (formerly principal of the Alternate Learning Centers in the New York City Public Schools) and Ben Jones (Director of Legal and Policy Initiatives at Lives in the Balance...

2023-10-03

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De-escalation is Not Crisis Prevention

On the first Tuesday of every month, at 11 am Eastern time, from September through May, Dr. Ross Greene and Lives in the Balance Director of Outreach Kim Hopkins cover a wide range of topics related t...

2023-09-05

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CPS Across a Range of Ages

We had an update from one previous caller (Plan C for the win!), an email about how to use the model with toddlers, and another caller who is worried about her 18 year-old son who seems to have regres...

2023-05-02

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A Little of This and a Little of That

We were able to clear some of our email backlog in today's episode and talk through how a grandparent could bring up CPS to her daughter who is parenting a challenging child, what to do when solutions...

2023-04-04

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