Ann-Marie DiBiase, John C Gibbs, Granville Bud Potter, Matthew R Blount
Holding students accountable for their actions and inspiring them with greater expectations is to respect them, to believe in them as people with positive potential.
The EQUIP approach helps facilitate mature and accurate cognitive habits and behavioural skills in at-risk or potentially at-risk adolescents in the school setting. The curriculum addresses the "three D’s," common in these adolescents: developmental delays in moral judgement, self-serving cognitive distortions, and social skills deficiencies.
Using evidence-based cognitive-behavioural and psycho educational principles, the curriculum “equips” students with the knowledge and skills to interact positively with others and make good decisions every day and throughout life.
EQUIP consists of 30 sessions: ten each of anger management, social skills, and social decision making. Each session includes facilitator notes, objectives, and activities such as role-plays, worksheets, and analysis of realistic problem scenarios.
Sessions focus on the following specific goals:
All worksheets and handouts, as well as facilitator review and self- evaluation forms, are provided in reproducible format on the CD that accompanies this book.
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Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1—Welcome to Teaching Adolescents to Think and Act Responsibly: The EQUIP Approach
CHAPTER 2—Getting Started
CHAPTER 3—Equipping with Skills to Manage Anger and Correct Thinking Errors
CHAPTER 4—Equipping with Social Skills
CHAPTER 5—Equipping with Mature Moral Judgment (Social Decision Making)
CHAPTER 6—Final Session and Conclusion
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