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ERIC Number: EJ955967
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 4
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1089-5701
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Resiliency and Aggression Replacement Training[R] with Families
Calame, Robert; Parker, Kimberlee; Amendola, Mark; Oliver, Robert
Reclaiming Children and Youth, v20 n3 p47-50 2011
Aggression Replacement Training[R] (ART) is a psychoeducational approach to working with young people who experience difficulties with interpersonal relationships and prosocial behavior. ART[R] originated with Skillstreaming and developed into a three-component model. Arnold P. Goldstein recognized that the complex problems of youth would not yield to simplistic narrow approaches. Instead, he formulated a three-part multi-modal approach to problems in behavior, emotions, and thinking: (1) "Skillstreaming" targets social skills and behavior; (2) "Anger Control" training focuses on regulation of emotions; and (3) "Moral Reasoning" focuses on values and cognitions. ART[R] explicitly teaches an array of prosocial psychological skills to youth who have specified areas of need. Training is developed in a series of structured learning groups where youth are: (1) shown examples of expert use of the behaviors that constitute the skills in which they are deficient (i.e., modeling); (2) given guided opportunities to practice and rehearse these competent behaviors (i.e., role playing, self-talk); (3) provided with reinforcement, reinstruction, and performance feedback on how well they performed their role playing enactment; and (4) encouraged to engage in a series of activities designed to increase the chances that the skills learned in the training setting will endure and transfer to their home, school, community, and other real-world settings. Through the infusion of ART[R] with families and their children through programs like the Perseus House, Inc.'s Collaborative Intensive Community Treatment Program and Batshaw Youth and Family Centres' Family TIES (Teaching In Essential Skills) program, competency development and problem solving are increased and therefore more resilient families are created.
Reclaiming Children and Youth. PO Box 57 104 N Main Street, Lennox, SD 57039. Tel: 605-647-2532; Fax: 605-647-5212; e-mail: journal@reclaiming.com; Web site: http://reclaimingjournal.com/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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