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Lives in the Balance is a dynamic, values-driven non-profit organization devoted to ensuring that all kids are understood and treated in ways that are compassionate, effective, non-punitive, non-adversarial, proactive, and collaborative. Our efforts and impact are global. We provide vast resources and training on Collaborative & Proactive Solutions, an evidence-based model of care originated by our founding director, Dr. Ross Greene, and support grass-roots advocacy and legislation aimed at sharply reducing or eliminating the use of harmful, counterproductive disciplinary practices. 

If you want to prevent crises rather than manage them, then you’ll need to be almost totally proactive, in other words, early in your approach to helping your students. Kids escalate when they’re having difficulty meeting certain expectations. Once a kid starts escalating or has already spun out of control, you’re late!! An unmet expectation (or what we call an unsolved problem) has already occurred.

So de-escalation is late…and restraint and seclusion are VERY late. We need to get EVERYONE out of the heat of the moment. 

The Lives in the Balance Podcast is a FREE Resource! With episodes titled:

- Skills that Foster the Better Side of Human Nature

- The Realities of Restraint and Seclusion. 

Do you want to share ideas and experiences with parents, educators, and clinicians who are walking down a similar path? We have many Facebook groups for you to choose from (and, of course, you can participate in more than one).