Toward Positive Youth Development : Transforming Schools and Community Programs

Studies have shown that children who demonstrate aggressive behaviors have maladaptive coping skills and misperceptions of conflict or threat. This program teaches positive strategies for coping with perceived conflict or threat, as well as an understanding of the participant's feelings and motivations behind inappropriate behaviors. The Coping Power program involves an intervention with aggressive children and a simultaneous program for their parents, to increase positive motivations at home as well as at school. The facilitator's guide include step-by-step instructions for accurately implementing this evidence-based program. This is the corresponding workbook for chidlren which includes worksheets and monitoring forms to track progress and reinforce the skills learned in the group sessions.

Keywords: PSYCHOLOGY / Education & Training PSY012000