Our work in the juvenile detention system in the state of Maine has led to an extraordinary opportunity:  the chance to implement the Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) model in an entire town.  Sanford, Maine, has been selected by Maine's Juvenile Justice Advisory Group to implement CPS in all segments of the community affecting challenging kids:  all seven public schools, the police, mental health professionals, and parents will receive training in CPS over the next 2-3 years.  Program evaluation is being overseen by the Muskie Institute at the University of Southern Maine.  The project is just beginning. We are very excited! 

We are implementing the CPS model in several facilities overseen by the Department of Social Services (DSS) in Massachusetts, which serves some of Boston's neediest kids.  Several therapeutic group homes have been trained in the CPS model, including A New Leaf (a program of Children's Services of Roxbury) and Roxbury House (a program of the Home for Little Wanderers).  Our work with the Italian Home for Children continues as well.

We've also begun establishing partnerships with various facilities so that they can train other clinicians and serve as a model for the implementation of CPS.  The Child Assessment Unit at Cambridge City Hospital is one such facility.

Lastly, our DVD for parents is in the final stages of editing.  Soon, hundreds of thousands of parents throughout North America will receive training kits to help them better understand and respond to the needs of the challenging children in their lives.