RCG Staff Only: Essential Foundation in Collaborative Problem Solving

Welcome to Essential Foundations in Collaborative Problem Solving®!

We’re excited to offer this training for Riverview Center for Growth staff. Whether you work with youth in schools or mental health settings, your role is vital, and often challenging. This training is here to support both you and those you serve.

Collaborative Problem Solving® is a trauma-informed, evidence-based approach for helping individuals with behavioral challenges. It’s built on the understanding that these individuals lack skills, not motivation, and focuses on problem-solving, flexibility, and frustration tolerance. Research shows it reduces challenging behaviors and stress while strengthening relationships and building essential skills.

This course includes lectures, role-plays, videos, case studies, and group discussions. You’ll learn to identify the root causes of behavior and apply a practical, relational process to address them.

What you will learn

• Describe the need for a new approach to challenging behaviors.
• Explain the influence of thinking skills on behavior.
• Identify how implicit bias may impact judgment about a person's behavior.
• Differentiate between problems to be solved and challenging behaviors.
• Identify how responses to situations are consistent with Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C.
• Use Collaborative Problem Solving to address problems before they turn into emergencies and build skills, not just focusing on challenging behaviors.
• Collaboratively solve problems with others.