The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute and Think:Kids at Massachusetts General Hospital are engaged on a project to bring Collaborative Problem Solving^® to pediatric primary care settings in Texas. With generous funding from The Goodness Web, pediatric primary care providers, behavioral health clinicians, and caregivers across North Texas will receive training in Collaborative Problem Solving. We are also developing an asynchronous course to teach parents how to use the approach.

Collaborative Problem Solving^® is an evidence-based approach that provides caregivers with the skills to respond to challenging behavior. It promotes the understanding that children and youth with behavioral challenges lack the skill—not the will—to behave; specifically, skills related to problem-solving, flexibility, and frustration tolerance. The Collaborative Problem Solving^® approach has been effectively used across child-serving systems to build empathy, teach youth the skills they lack, and improve relationships.