Ready-to-use violence prevention skills : lessons & activities for secondary students / Ruth Weltmann Begun and Frank J. Huml, editors

Additional Titles:: Violence prevention skills
Published:: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [1998]
Copyright Date:: ©1998
Edition:: 1st ed.
Physical Description:: xxii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Additional Creators:: Begun, Ruth Weltmann and Huml, Frank J.

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Contents:

Violence prevention skills lessons and activities for secondary students -- Life skills -- Making proper decisions -- Learning to be tolerant -- Responding to failure -- :learning to cope with life's problems by using social skills -- Respect -- Developing self-respect -- Dealing with disrespect -- Relationships -- Developing communication skills -- Establishing a good relationship -- Resolving conflicts peacefully -- Accepting responsibilities when exercising rights -- Understanding the importance of being selective in choosing friends -- Understanding male/female relationships -- Anger -- Understanding what "triggers" cause anger -- Managing anger -- Understanding the futility of revenge -- Family -- Supporting family harmony -- Understanding to distinguish from punishment -- Understanding the needs of the elderly -- Coping with stressful family situations -- Understanding sibling rivalry -- Understanding violence in the family -- Understanding that many different problems can cause family violence -- Stress and danger -- Recognizing troublesome situations -- Reacting to extremely stressful situations -- Dealing with dangerous situations -- Managing threatening situations -- Coping with excessive stress -- Suicide -- Learning to trust others -- Dealing with deep -- depressions -- Stimulants -- Understanding the danger of addiction -- Understanding the consequences of taking stimulants -- Maintaining rational thinking -- Controlling depressive feelings -- Counteracting the desire for using stimulants -- Understanding that marijuana is a dangerous stimulant -- Understanding the effects of using household products as inhalants -- Understanding the danger from using "gateway" drugs -- Reacting to behavior indicative of stimulant and drug abuse -- Violence skill -- Understanding the harmful effects of drug use -- Seeking help to conquer drug addiction -- Crime -- Assessing friendships -- Selecting appropriate role models -- Exercising responsibility when using the media -- Distinguishing between wants and needs -- Dealing with "appetite" for illegal activities -- Realizing that consequences for criminal acts are unavoidable -- Coping with serious consequences -- Learning how to prevent date rape -- Realizing that guns do not assure safety -- Violence prevention skill -- Learning to respect guns and weapons.

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ISBN:

0787966916 (pbk. : cover)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xv).

Source of Acquisition:

University Park copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment Fund; 20034.

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