Coping Power: Child Group Facilitator's Guide

by John E. Lochman, Karen Wells, Lisa

Overview

The Coping Power Program is designed for use with preadolescent and early adolescent aggressive children and their parents and is often delivered near the time of children's transition to middle school. Aggression is one of the most stable problem behaviors in childhood. If not dealt with effectively, it can lead to negative outcomes in adolescence such as drug and alcohol use, truancy and dropout, delinquency, and violence. This program has proven effective in helping to avoid these types of problems.

The parent component of the program consists of 16 group meetings also held during the 5th and 6th grade school years. Parents are taught ways of reinforcing their children's positive behaviors, as well as effective discipline techniques for eliminating negative behaviors. Skills for improving family communication, providing academic support in the home, and building family cohesion are also a focus. Parents also learn how to give effective instructions and establish age-appropriate rules and expectations for their children at home. In addition to these basic parenting skills, the program describes relaxation techniques that parents can use to deal with their own stress. Tips for taking care of personal needs and effective time management strategies also help to ease the challenges of parenting an aggressive child.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195327878
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/17/2008
Series:	Treatments That Work
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	290
Sales rank:	1,079,954
Product dimensions:	9.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Introductory Information for Child Group Facilitators     1
Child Group Logistics     31
Coping Power Child Program
Session 1: Group Structure and Behavioral Goal Setting Procedure     53
Session 2: Goal Setting - Part I     61
Session 3: Goal Setting - Part II     67
Session 4: Organizational and Study Skills     71
Session 5: Awareness of Feelings and Physiological Arousal Related to Anger - Part I     79
Session 6: Awareness of Feelings and Physiological Arousal Related to Anger - Part II     85
Session 7: Anger and Self-Control     91
Session 8: Using Self-Statements for Anger Coping - Part I     97
Session 9: Using Self-Statements for Anger Coping - Part II     103
Session 10: Using Self-Statements for Anger Coping - Part III     107
Session 11: Relaxation and Overcoming Barriers to Self-Control     115
Session 12: Perspective Taking - Part I     121
Session 13: Perspective Taking - Part II     127
Session 14: Perspective Taking - Part III     135
Session 15: Perspective Taking and Problem Solving     143
Session 16: Social Problem Solving - Part I     151
Session 17: Social Problem Solving - Part II     157
Session 18: Social Problem Solving - Part III     163
Session 19: Social Problem Solving - Part IV     169
Session 20: Group Creates Videotape - Part I     175
Session 21: Group Creates Videotape - Part II     181
Session 22: Group Creates Videotape - Part III     185
Coping Power Program
Session 23: Review From Previous Year     191
Session 24: Organizational and Study Skills Review     197
Session 25: Application of Social Problem Solving to Teacher Conflict     203
Session 26: Application of Social Problem Solving to Both Making Friends and Being Friends With Others     209
Session 27: Application of Social Problem Solving to Group Entry and Negotiation With Peers     215
Session 28: Sibling Conflict and Problem Solving     221
Session 29: Application of Social Problem Solving to Peer Pressure     227
Session 30: Refusal Skills     233
Session 31: Problem Solving About Neighborhood Problems, Deviant Peer Groups, and Centrality of Group Membership     239
Session 32: Group Creates Peer Pressure Poster     247
Session 33: Positive Quality Development and Peer Relationships     251
Session 34: Review and Termination of the Coping Power Program     255
End of the Year Party     261
References     263
About the Authors      277