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Helping Helping Adolescents Adolescents

Build Skills That Build Skills That Prevent and Reduce Prevent and Reduce

ViolenceViolence

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What I want from What I want from this training:this training:Knowledge Challenges

Changes Feelings

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Training OverviewTraining 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

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Adolescent Violence Adolescent Violence Includes:Includes:

• Violent Behavior

– Shoving, hitting, weapons

• Verbal Aggression

– Ridicule, taunts, threats

• Intimidating Posturing

• Character Assassination

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Elements of Effective Elements of Effective Treatment Treatment ApproachesApproaches• 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

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Helping CrystalHelping CrystalHow can you

• Meet Crystal’s individual needs?

• Use collaboration and coordination?

• Focus on strengths and resilience?

• Encourage positive adult relationships?

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Skills Building Skills Building ComponentsComponents• Anger Management

• Problem-solving

• Pro-social skills

• Increased awareness of consequences of violence

• Refuting beliefs supporting violence

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Effective Limit Effective Limit SettingSetting

• Effective use of structure

• Clear, negotiated rules

• Enforceable, consistent consequences

• Positive relationship with parent or caretaker

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Skills Building Skills Building MethodsMethods• Supportive learning

environment

• Modeling and mentoring

• Cognitive and behavioral learning

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Supportive learning Supportive learning environmentenvironment

• Enthusiastic

• Engaging

• Cooperative

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Supportive Learning Supportive Learning EnvironmentEnvironment

• Not punitive or demanding

• Uses praise and positive feedback

• Mutual respect and sensitivity to individual differences race and culture

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MentoringMentoring• Model the behavior

– Demonstrate what it looks like

• Shape the behavior

– Reward initial and subsequent steps

• Coaching

– Fine tune skills with repetition & practice

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Cognitive and Cognitive and Behavioral LearningBehavioral Learning

• Changes in

– Attitudes

– Perceptions

– Judgments

– Behavior

• Use of practice and repetition

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Experiential Experiential LearningLearning• Role plays

• Discussing vignettes

• Practice exercises

• Homework, coaching, feedback

• Use of music, movies, media

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Group or Individual Group or Individual Approaches?Approaches?

• Multiple youth with similar problems?

• Resources for individual treatment?

• Assessment of individual needs

• Service provider needs

• Motivation of participants

• Presence of structured environment

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Assessing Youth Assessing Youth NeedsNeeds

• Belief that violence is acceptable

• Learned violence

• Poor impulse control

• History of trauma or abuse

• Other influencing problems

– Family, school, peers

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Assessing Youth Assessing Youth NeedsNeedsRisky behavior:

• Alcohol/drug use

• Gang activity

• Sexual activity

• Delinquent behavior

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Assessing Youth Assessing Youth NeedsNeedsType of violence:

• Reactive or instrumental

• Poor impulse control

• Escalating anger

• Bullying to control others

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Skills Building Skills Building Activities That Help Activities That Help Adolescents Prevent Adolescents Prevent Violence ManualViolence Manual

• Domains

• Competencies

• Performance Indicators

• Activities & Resources

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Anger ManagementAnger ManagementCompetencies:

• Understands what anger is

• Knows what triggers anger

• Able to stop and think

• Assesses costs & benefits of different responses

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Problem SolvingProblem SolvingCompetencies:

• Locates & defines problem

• Able to stop & think

• Assesses feelings of self & others

• Understands a method for problem solving

• Assertively expresses own needs

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Self Control and Self Control and CalmingCalming

Competencies:

• Uses relaxation skills

• Maintains self control

• Talks self through crises

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Pro-social SkillsPro-social SkillsCompetencies:

• Uses personal goals

• Negotiates conflicts

• Appropriately gives & receives negative feedback

• Controls angry behavior

• Appropriate conversational skills

• Pro-social friendship networks

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Moral DevelopmentMoral DevelopmentCompetencies:

• Responds to other’s feelings

• Understands effect of prejudice

• Accepts responsibility for own behavior

• Understands consequences of violence

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Let’s do something Let’s do something about that angerabout that anger

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Using the ManualUsing 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?

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Adolescent Skills Adolescent Skills BuildingBuilding

• Anger management

• Problem solving

• Self control & self calming

• Pro-social skills

• Moral development

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Skills Building Skills Building ExerciseExercise• 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

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Good job!Good job!

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Using the Skills Using the Skills Building ManualBuilding 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

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The end!The end!

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