We sold the original edition (2008) in Danish (Pressto), Finnish (Finn Lectura), Swedish (Cura Bokforlag), Norwegian (Cappelen Damm), Chinese/cc (Living Psychology), German (Hans Huber), and Japanese (NIPPON HYORONSHA).

From a renowned authority on education and parenting, this is a perennially selling, substantially revised updated edition of  the classic guide for parents and teachers on how to help boys and girls with behavior problems through  problem-solving and relationship-building in the classroom.

School discipline is broken. Too often, the kids who need our help the most are viewed as disrespectful, out of control,  and beyond help, and their behaviors as attention-seeking, limit-testing, and manipulative. The kids, their parents, and  their teachers are frustrated and desperate for answers.

It's time for a new understanding of challenging kids and a new response.

Dr. Ross W. Greene, author of the acclaimed book The Explosive Child, presents an enlightened and practical alternative.  Relying on research from the neurosciences, Dr. Greene offers parents and teachers a different framework for understanding challenging behavior  and a better way to help these kids. When adults use Dr. Greene's approach to identify the lagging skills and unsolved  problems that set the stage for challenging behavior, and then work collaboratively to teach those skills and solve those
problems with kids, kids overcome their obstacles; the frustration of teachers, parents, and classmates diminishes; and the  well-being and learning of all students are enhanced.

This completely revised and updated second edition of Lost at School reflects the most up-to-date practices and  methods for relationship-building and problems solving, including new guidance for caregivers, proven strategies for  information-gathering and a more robust Assessment of Lagging Skills and Unsolved Problems (ALSUP) assessment.

Together, these new instruments will arm parents and teachers with both the knowledge and language they need to  effectively approach challenging behavior.

Key Selling Points

GREENE'S MODEL HAS NEVER BEEN MORE RELEVANT: From overcrowded classrooms, to climbing  rates of ADHD, to school shootings, to disengaged parents and daily bullying, students and teachers are struggling  more than ever to build community in schools. Students, Greene argues, are taught to become test prep robots rather  than human beings, and the disconnect has created a culture of violence and apathy. Greene's model offers a different  approach, grounded in collaborative learning, problem-solving skills and relationship-building.

UPDATED WITH FRESH ADVICE AND TOOLS FOR CAREGIVERS: The second edition includes and
updated Assessment of Lagging Skills and Unsolved Problems--the key assessment tool in the educational model  described in the book. In addition, Greene offers more specific details on how to use the models to participate in the  problem-solving process, and new guidance for caregivers on how to solve problems with children collaboratively.

SCRIBNER'S BACKLIST SUCCESS AND NEW UPSIDE: The original paperback edition of Lost at School,  which we first published in 2009, has grossed 80,000 copies to date, and continues to sell over 15,000 copies a year. It  is now in it's 18th printing. As we saw with our re-issue of How to Talk so Kids Will Listen, we expect the increased  exposure for this new edition to drive sustained annual sales and find a new audience in e-book.

PERFECT FORMAT AND PROVEN SUCCESS WITH UPDATED EDITIONS: The first paperback edition of  Greene's first book, The Explosive Child, sold over 103,000 copies on Bookscan, and the subsequent paperback  re-issue has sold over 166,000 copies to date.

STRONG CATEGORY: From Paul Tough to our own Wendy Mogel and Faber & Mazlish, parenting and education books continue to demonstrate high consistent sales, especially in this format. Scribner has excelled in this space and  our sales force has proven it can sell this book.

ONGOING LECTURE SCHEDULE WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE SALES: Dr. Greene has presented
hundreds of lectures throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. He consults extensively to general and special  education schools, inpatient and residential facilities, systems of juvenile detention and other venues. 

TRADITIONAL DISCIPLINE ISN'T SERVING OUR KIDS OR TEACHERS: The high rates of punishment- -110,000 expulsions and 3 million suspensions each year in the US alone, along with countless tens of millions of detentions--show that penalizing kids isn't solving their problems. In addition, we're losing teachers too: Half of teachers leave the profession within their first four years, with behaviorally challenging students and their parents cited as the single greatest stressor. Dr. Greene's revolutionary premise-- that emotional, social, and behavioral problems are a form of learning disability -- forces readers to take a closer look at why we resort to a disciplinary system of reward and punishment, a system that is failing the 12 million challenging kids in our country.

Dr. Ross W. Greene is associate clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the author of Lost at School and The Explosive Child. He is also the founder of a non-profit organization called Lives in the Balance (www.livesinthebalance.org) through which he disseminates the model of care described in his books, Collaborative Problem Solving. Dr. Greene consults extensively to general and special education schools, inpatient psychiatry units, and residential and juvenile detention facilities, and lectures extensively throughout the world. His research has been funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Stanley Medical Research Institute, and the Maine Juvenile Justice Advisory Group.

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