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Welcome! I’m Amanda Priestley, parent coach, educator, and teen supporter. I am an educator of 20 years and a parent of three, including a teen of my own in a blended family. I am trained in the Collaborative and Proactive Solutions method, which is a revolutionary way to solve problems with teens. “Kids do better when they can.” Dr. Ross Greene said that and he is right. No one wants to be the cause of major conflict. No kid wants to be getting all of the negative attention, even those teens with major ‘tudes. As humans, we don’t meet the expectations around us because we can’t. As parents and educators, if we can adjust our lens and see all behavior as a reaction to a simple equation (skills + expectation = behavior), we can stop personalizing the way kids act. If a teen lacks some key skills, when he comes up against an expectation that he can’t meet, his behavior will be negative. 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