Get Instructions The ALSUP Is Intended For Use As A Discussion Guide Rather Than A Freestanding

Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) is the evidence-based model of care that helps caregivers focus on identifying the problems that are causing concerning behaviors in kids and solving those problems collaboratively and proactively.

The primary CPS lagging skills include executive function (e.g. limited working memory, poor impulse control), emotion regulation (e.g. emotional reactivity, chronic irritability and/or anxiety), language (e.g. limited expressive language, difficulty with language processing), and social skills (e.g. poor perception of ...

The primary CPS lagging skills include executive function (e.g. limited working memory, poor impulse control), emotion regulation (e.g. emotional reactivity, chronic irritability and/or anxiety), language (e.g. limited expressive language, difficulty with language processing), and social skills (e.g. poor perception of ...

What does CPS do? Rather than focusing on kids' challenging behaviors (and modifying them), CPS helps kids and caregivers solve the problems that are causing those behaviors. The problem solving is collaborative (not unilateral) and proactive (not reactive).

The Assessment of Lagging Skills and Unsolved Problems (ALSUP) is a discussion guide created to assist caregivers in identifying a child's lagging skills and unsolved problems.

STEP 2: Identifying Unsolved Problems Unsolved problems begin with the words Difficulty and are followed by a verb. Unsolved problems should contain no adult theories. Unsolved problems should be split, not clumped together. Unsolved problems should be specific.

Lagging skills are the reasons that a child is having difficulty meeting these expectations or responding adaptively to these triggers. • Take a guess at which specific lagging skills are contributing by looking at the list of triggers/expectations, and referring to the Thinking Skills Inventory on the following pages.