Empower youth to take responsibility for their behavior and learn healthier ways to interact
Explore how to reduce violence and youth aggression, whether you work in education, criminal justice, social services, or youth counseling. Aggression Replacement Training® is an intervention for aggressive adolescents and children consistent with the restorative practices framework. Several studies have demonstrated its efficacy in skill learning, anger control, and reducing recidivism. This workshop will present the rationale and background underlying this group process and its specific procedures, materials, and application. It will also explore the causes of aggression, its magnitude and impact, and “best practice” solutions. Facilitators will review generalization techniques to increase the likelihood that prosocial skills learned here will transfer to other settings and endure over time.
Note: This event is the first step in learning about Aggression Replacement Training®. Implementing Aggression Replacement Training® as a 10-week program requires a co-facilitated process with at least two trained staff and guidance from master trainers.
Through interactive exercises, demonstration, guided practice, and implementation planning, you will learn the three components of Aggression Replacement Training®:
- SkillStreaming, which teaches a curriculum of prosocial, interpersonal skills (i.e., what to do instead of aggression);
- Anger Control Training, which teaches youth what not to do if provoked;
- Moral Reasoning Training, which promotes values that respect the rights of others and helps youths want to use the interpersonal and anger management skills taught.
In addition to the training manual, you will receive two books:
- Skillstreaming the Adolescent: A Guide for Teaching Prosocial Skills by Ellen McGinnis, with Robert P. Sprafkin, N. Jane Gershaw, and Paul Klein
- Anger Control Training: Prepare Curriculum Implementation Guide by Mark Amendola and Robert Oliver
Designed for:
Counselors, K-12 teachers, staff, and administrators, social services providers, and members of the criminal justice field
Learning Format:
- In Person: Two consecutive 8-hour days of live instruction (two breaks and time for lunch included).
Price: $425
Upcoming Aggression Replacement Training® events
No in-person events are scheduled at this time. Please see our Online Events, and check back for future in-person offerings.