Social Skills Training To Promote Resilience in Urban Sixth-Grade Students: One Product of an Action Research Strategy To Prevent Youth Violence in High-Risk Environments.

Meyer, Aleta L.; Farrell, Albert D.

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Publication Date: 1998

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Social Skills Training To Promote Resilience in Urban Sixth-Grade Students: One Product of an Action Research Strategy To Prevent Youth Violence in High-Risk Environments.

Meyer, Aleta L.; Farrell, Albert D.

Education and Treatment of Children, v21 n4 p461-88 Nov 1998

Describes efforts to apply the action-research process to design and evaluate a theory-based program of intervention to reduce and prevent youth violence in high-risk urban environments. Twelve objectives were developed to design and evaluate "Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways," a violence-prevention curriculum for sixth graders. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Action Research, Aggression, At Risk Persons, Behavior Disorders, Conflict Resolution, Curriculum Design, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Peer Relationship, Prevention, Resilience (Personality), Theory Practice Relationship, Urban Environment, Violence

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Language: English

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