Explosive/Noncompliant Children and Adolescents:

Implementing the Collaborative Problem-Solving (CPS) Approach
January 16-17, 2004

Presented by J. Stuart Ablon Ph.D.
Collaborative Problem Solving Institute
Dept. of Psychiatry Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Children in Trauma explores the multifaceted issues surrounding children who experience trauma in their lives. The 2004 conference is our second annual presentation, and we are pleased to feature Dr. J. Stuart Ablon, whose presentation at the inaugural 2003 Children in Trauma conference received outstanding reviews. Dr. Ablon specializes in the treatment of explosive, inflexible, easily frustrated children and adolescents and their families. He will share resources, relevant research, and an innovative Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) approach for responding to children who demonstrate explosive behavior. Dr. Ablon's presentation includes videotaped clinical cases and training interviews that illustrate the effectiveness of the CPS model, a new conceptual and practical approach aimed at improving self-regulation, affective modulation, problem solving, flexibility, and frustration tolerance.

In addition to learning from a nationally recognized scholar and practitioner, you will walk away from this conference with an array of professional contacts and practical tools. The conference sponsors, presenter, exhibitors, and participants all bring with them a variety of experiences, ideas, theories, programs, and techniques to create an interdisciplinary, kaleidoscopic approach for serving the needs of our most vulnerable children: children in trauma.

Conference Host

The Children in Trauma 2004 Conference is hosted by the California State University, Chico Center for Regional and Continuing Education in partnership with the Butte County Family Court Services - Superior Court of California.

Conference Exhibitors

Publishers, public service agencies, and other resource providers will be on hand to help you discover a wide array of information and creative ideas to address the needs of children in trauma.

Who Should Attend

Psychologists, marriage and family therapists, social workers, educators, school counselors, attorneys, law enforcement professionals, mediators, child custody evaluators, behavioral health professionals, nurses, physicians, emergency responders, children's advocates, and concerned parents about children who demonstrate explosive behavior.

About Dr. Ablon

Stuart Ablon, Ph.D., is Associate Director of the CPS Institute in the Department of Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Co-Director of the Center for Collaborative Problem Solving where he specializes in the treatment of explosive, inflexible, easily frustrated children and adolescents and their families. He is also Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Ablon's research focuses on the process and outcome of psychosocial interventions, particularly the treatment of inflexible, easily frustrated, explosive children. Dr. Ablon is co-author with Dr. Ross Greene of the forthcoming book, The Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach: Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Dr. Ablon has also authored numerous articles, chapters and scientific papers on behavioral assessment and psychosocial interventions for children with disruptive behavior disorders. Dr. Ablon's research has been funded by, amongst others, the National Institute of Health, the American Psychological Association, the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Institute, and the Endowment for the Advancement of Psychotherapy.

Dr. Ablon received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and completed his pre-doctoral and post-doctoral training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.