Ross W. Greene

Ross W. Greene, Ph.D., is a clinical child psychologist and originator of the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) model, an evidence-based approach for understanding and helping behaviorally challenging children and adolescents. He is the New York Times bestselling author of several influential books on child behavior and school discipline, including The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost & Found: Unlocking Collaboration and Compassion to Help Our Most Vulnerable, Misunderstood Students (and All the Rest), and Raising Human Beings.

Greene earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Virginia Tech after completing a predoctoral internship at Children’s National Medical Center/George Washington University Medical Center. He spent over 20 years on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and has held adjunct academic appointments in psychology, including at Virginia Tech. Greene is the founding director of Lives in the Balance, a nonprofit that provides free resources on the CPS model and advocates for behaviorally challenging youth. His work—described in Lost & Found and his other books—has been implemented in schools, residential programs, and juvenile detention facilities, and he has contributed to the documentary The Kids We Lose, which explores the impact of punitive discipline practices.[