TPP 491: A Conversation with Dr. Ross Greene About the Kids Who Aren’t Okay
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is the urgent case for reimagining support, belonging, and hope in schools?
I'm Debbie Reber, and this is Full Tilt Parenting. And today I'm bringing Dr. Ross Green back to the show for the third time that tells you just how impactful his work is for me and so many families in this community. Ross is a clinical psychologist and the originator of the collaborative and proactive solutions model, which is the evidence-based approach at the core of his very influential books, books that have changed my life, The Explosive Child, Law. Lost at school, lost and found, and raising human beings. He's also the founding director of the nonprofit Lives in the Balance and spent more than two decades on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. And for this episode, we're diving into Ross's powerful new book, The Kids Who Aren't Okay: The Urgent Case for Reimagining Support, Belonging, and Hope in Schools.
We'll talk about why we need to rethink what's happening with our kids in schools. Especially as we see mental health challenges continuing to rise. We'll also look at the importance of honoring developmental variability, why meeting kids where they are is so essential, and how behavior-focused systems miss the deeper issues driving concerning behaviors. Ross also shares what meaningful change could look like and the critical role that parents and caregivers can play in advocating for schools that truly. Support every child. Dr. Green is truly one of my favorite thought leaders in this space, and it's always such a pleasure to have him on the show. So I hope you enjoyed this conversation. You can watch it over on the YouTube channel at Full Tilled Parenting.
Please help us amplify this one. It's such an important message to get out there. As the title of Ross's book says, the kids are not okay. This is urgent stuff here, but we can all be a part of shifting. shifting the paradigm. So here is Dr. Ross Green. Hey Ross, welcome back to the podcast.
Thank you for having me back.
You're welcome anytime. I'm especially excited when you have a new book or a new project or documentary. You're always creating new resources for our community before we get into your new book for listeners who are newer to this show. Definitely go back on the show notes. I'll have links to the first two conversations we had where we talked a lot about the collaborative and proactive solutions model, which we'll touch upon today, but I really want to spend most of the time talking about your new book. So if you're not familiar with Dr. Green's work, those are must listens, as are his books. Your work has probably impacted me more than anybody else's work in terms of how I've shown up as a parent. how I advocate, how I consider myself a parent activist.
So thank you.
Thank you, I'm flattered.
I really want to get right into your book because I absolutely loved it. And as you're listening to this, you guys, it's coming out today, February twenty fourth. The book is called The Kids Who Aren't Okay, The Urgent Case for Reimagining Support, Belonging and Hope in Schools. Can you tell us about this book and how it came about, why you wanted to get this out into the world?
Kids aren't doing very well these days. The data on the rates of depression and anxiety and Suicidality and concerning behavior and chronic school absenteeism. Are sky high, and that should be a concern to all of us. The easy attribution is COVID, but things were heading in the wrong direction before COVID. So COVID's not it. COVID accelerated things, but we're not seeing this because of COVID. We're seeing it because of a lot of, in my opinion, the changes that have occurred in society over the last two plus decades that have made it harder to be a kid. And it's easy to lose track of all those things in our busy lives. While social media is on the list, my worry is that if all we're focused on is social media,
we'll miss all the rest of the things, many of which I believe are actually more important. Than social media. I don't want people to get too caught up in the social media part. Yeah, there's definitely things in social media that are not good.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the urgent case for reimagining support, belonging, and hope in schools?
0:02–4:39
2
Why are kids’ mental‑health challenges rising and how does COVID fit into the picture?
4:39–9:36
3
How does developmental variability change the way we meet each child’s needs?
9:36–13:50
4
Why are traditional behavior‑focused systems missing the root problems?
13:50–18:20
5
How can schools shift from reactive discipline to proactive problem‑solving?
18:20–23:29
6
What is the difference between ‘lucky’ and ‘unlucky’ frustration responses and why does it matter?
23:29–28:11
7
How does the ASIP assessment replace traditional behavior checklists and guide IEP creation?
28:11–32:26
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What steps can parents take to advocate for these new approaches in their child’s school?
32:26–35:56
Speakers
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