Coping Power

Description: This program is an evidence-based program for dealing with behavioural problems in pre-adolescent children, concentrating on children who are beginning to show signs of severe aggression amd social dysfunction at school. Children who begin to exhibit aggression as pre-adolescents are much more likely to have histories of substance abuse, interpersonal violence, and criminal behaviour in their adolescence. By targeting these children before their behaviour has become extremely dangerous or unmanageable, this program has been proven to reduce the occurence of these problems, and to improve functioning in school. Studies have shown that children who display aggressive behaviour 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 behaviour. 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.This guide is for the the facilitator of the child group, and includes step-by-step instructions for accurately implementing this evidence-based program. There is a corresponding workbook for the children which includes worksheets and exercises to reinforce the skills learned in the group sessions.

Table of Contents

1. Introductory Information for Child Group Facilitators; 2. Child Group Logistics; COPING POWER CHILD PROGRAM: YEAR 1; 3. Session 1: Group Structure and Behavioral Goal Setting Procedure; 4. Session 2: Goal Setting - Part I; 5. Session 3: Goal Setting - Part II; 6. Session 4: Organizational and Study Skills; 7. Session 5: Awareness of Feelings and Physiological Arousal Related to Anger - Part I; 8. Session 6: Awareness of Feelings and Physiological Arousal Related to Anger - Part II; 9. Session 7: Anger and Self-Control; 10. Session 8: Using Self-Statements for Anger Coping - Part 1; 11. Session 9: Using Self-Statements for Anger Coping - Part II; 12. Session 10: Using Self-Statements for Anger Coping - Part III; 13. Session 11: Relation and Overcoming Barriers to Self-Control; 14. Session 12: Perspective Taking - Part I; 15. Session 13: Perspective Taking - Part II; 16. Session 14: Perspective Taking - Part III; 17. Session 15: Perspective Taking and Problem Solving; 18. Session 16: Social Problem Solving - Part I; 19. Session 17: Social Problem Solving - Part II; 20. Session 18: Social Problem Solving - Part III; 21. Session 19: Social Problem Solving - Part IV; 22. Session 20: Group Creates Videotape - Part I; 23. Session 21: Group Creates Videotape - Part II; 24. Session 22: Group Creates Videotape - Part III; COPING POWER PROGRAM: YEAR 2; 25. Session 23: Review from Previous Year; 26. Session 24: Organizational and Study Skills Review; 27. Session 25: Application of Social Problem Solving to Teacher Conflict; 28. Session 26: Application of Social Problem Solving to Both Making Friends and Being Friends With Others; 29. Session 27: Application of Social Problem Solving to Group Entry and Negotiation With Peers; 30. Session 28: Sibling Conflict and Problem Solving; 31. Session 29: Application of Social Problem Solving to Peer Pressure; 32. Session 30: Refusal Skills; 33. Session 31: Problem Solving About Neighbourhood Problems, Deviant Peer Groups, and Centrality of Group Membership; 34. Session 32: Group Creates Peer Pressure Poster; 35. Session 33: Positive Quality Development and Peer Relationships; 36. Session 34: Review and Termination of the Coping Power Program; 37. End of the Year Party

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