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Helping Adolescents Build Skills That Prevent and Reduce Violence

Helping Adolescents Build Skills That Prevent and Reduce Violence. What I want from this training:. Training Overview. Review types of adolescent violence Discuss major overall methods Five domains of skills

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Helping Adolescents Build Skills That Prevent and Reduce Violence

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  1. Helping Adolescents Build Skills That Prevent and Reduce Violence

  2. What I want from this training:

  3. Training Overview • Review types of adolescent violence • Discuss major overall methods • Five domains of skills • Anger management, problem solving, self control/self-calming, pro-social skills, moral development • Individual assessment, interventions, evaluations • Small group activities

  4. Adolescent Violence Includes: • Violent Behavior • Shoving, hitting, weapons • Verbal Aggression • Ridicule, taunts, threats • Intimidating Posturing • Character Assassination

  5. Elements of Effective Treatment Approaches • Tailored to meet the individual needs • Involve collaboration and coordination • Use a strengths and resilience approach • Encourage positive relationships with parents and non-parental adults

  6. Helping Crystal How can you • Meet Crystal’s individual needs? • Use collaboration and coordination? • Focus on strengths and resilience? • Encourage positive adult relationships?

  7. Skills Building Components • Anger Management • Problem-solving • Pro-social skills • Increased awareness of consequences of violence • Refuting beliefs supporting violence

  8. Effective Limit Setting • Effective use of structure • Clear, negotiated rules • Enforceable, consistent consequences • Positive relationship with parent or caretaker

  9. Skills Building Methods • Supportive learning environment • Modeling and mentoring • Cognitive and behavioral learning

  10. Supportive learning environment • Enthusiastic • Engaging • Cooperative

  11. Supportive Learning Environment • Not punitive or demanding • Uses praise and positive feedback • Mutual respect and sensitivity to individual differences race and culture

  12. Mentoring • Model the behavior • Demonstrate what it looks like • Shape the behavior • Reward initial and subsequent steps • Coaching • Fine tune skills with repetition & practice

  13. Cognitive and Behavioral Learning • Changes in • Attitudes • Perceptions • Judgments • Behavior • Use of practice and repetition

  14. Experiential Learning • Role plays • Discussing vignettes • Practice exercises • Homework, coaching, feedback • Use of music, movies, media

  15. Group or Individual Approaches? • Multiple youth with similar problems? • Resources for individual treatment? • Assessment of individual needs • Service provider needs • Motivation of participants • Presence of structured environment

  16. Assessing Youth Needs • Belief that violence is acceptable • Learned violence • Poor impulse control • History of trauma or abuse • Other influencing problems • Family, school, peers

  17. Assessing Youth Needs Risky behavior: • Alcohol/drug use • Gang activity • Sexual activity • Delinquent behavior

  18. Assessing Youth Needs Type of violence: • Reactive or instrumental • Poor impulse control • Escalating anger • Bullying to control others

  19. Skills Building Activities That Help Adolescents Prevent Violence Manual • Domains • Competencies • Performance Indicators • Activities & Resources

  20. Anger Management Competencies: • Understands what anger is • Knows what triggers anger • Able to stop and think • Assesses costs & benefits of different responses

  21. Problem Solving Competencies: • Locates & defines problem • Able to stop & think • Assesses feelings of self & others • Understands a method for problem solving • Assertively expresses own needs

  22. Self Control and Calming Competencies: • Uses relaxation skills • Maintains self control • Talks self through crises

  23. Pro-social Skills Competencies: • Uses personal goals • Negotiates conflicts • Appropriately gives & receives negative feedback • Controls angry behavior • Appropriate conversational skills • Pro-social friendship networks

  24. Moral Development Competencies: • Responds to other’s feelings • Understands effect of prejudice • Accepts responsibility for own behavior • Understands consequences of violence

  25. Let’s do something about that anger

  26. Using the Manual • What skills domains would help Joe? • What competencies does Joe have? • What competencies does Joe need to develop? • What performance indicators do you look for? • What activities do you use?

  27. Adolescent Skills Building • Anger management • Problem solving • Self control & self calming • Pro-social skills • Moral development

  28. Skills Building Exercise • Choose a particular youth • Assess violence characteristics • Develop an individualized plan • Use the Skills Building Activities Manual • No more than 2 domains • No more than 3 competencies in each domain • Report your results

  29. Good job!

  30. Using the Skills Building Manual • Look for resources for developing skills • Add more competencies and activities • Can be adapted for specific agencies or uses • Teens can chose own competencies and activities • Use reference list

  31. The end! Thanks for participating!

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