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Promoting nonviolence in early adolescence : responding in peaceful and positive ways / Aleta Lynn Meyer ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Prevention in practice library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conflict management--Study and teaching (Middle school)--United States.
- Conflict management.
- Nonviolence--Study and teaching (Middle school)--United States.
- Nonviolence.
- Interpersonal conflict in adolescence--United States--Prevention.
- Interpersonal conflict in adolescence.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 128 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2000]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Background on Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways (RIPP): Violence, Nonviolence, and Positive Risk-Taking in Early Adolescence 1
- What is RIPP? 2
- The History of RIPP and Its Development 3
- Theoretical and Empirical Rationale 4
- Program Objectives for RIPP 9
- Who is RIPP For? 11
- How Effective is RIPP? 12
- Impact of RIPP-6 in an Urban Public School System 12
- Impact of RIPP-6 in a Rural Public School System 14
- Impact of RIPP-7 in an Urban Public School System 16
- Impact of RIPP-7 in a Rural Public School System 17
- Chapter 2 Getting RIPP Running 21
- School Readiness 22
- School Commitment 23
- Establishing a Core Group of Support 24
- Costs of the Program 25
- Logistics and Supervision 27
- Peer Mediation 28
- Peer Mediation and the Code of Discipline 29
- Confidentiality in Peer Mediation 30
- Selection of Mediators 30
- Training for Peer Mediation 32
- Logistics for Peer Mediation 32
- Obstacles To Implementing RIPP 34
- Chapter 3 Selecting and Training Beacons of Nonviolence 39
- "Beacon of Nonviolence" Defined 39
- Who is the Violence Prevention Facilitator? 40
- We've Hired Great People Willing to Take on This Responsibility
- Now What? 43
- Overview of Training 43
- Coping with Staff Changes 45
- Chapter 4 Knowing whether RIPP Is Working in Your School 47
- Why Is Evaluation So Important? 47
- Assembling an Evaluation Team 50
- Laying the Groundwork 51
- Types of Evaluations 54
- Process Evaluations 55
- Outcome Evaluations 55
- Evaluation Designs 57
- Selecting Treatment Conditions 57
- Assigning Students to Conditions 59
- Measuring Program Impact 61
- Timing of Data Collection 63
- Chapter 5 Overview of RIPP-6 69
- The Essence of RIPP-6 69
- Educational Strategies and Content 71
- The 25 Sessions of RIPP-6 73
- Sample Session 77
- Chapter 6 Overview of RIPP-7 83
- The Essence of RIPP-7 83
- Educational Strategies and Content 84
- The 12 Sessions of RIPP-7 84
- Sample Session 86
- Chapter 7 Overview of RIPP-8 91
- The Essence of RIPP-8 91
- Educational Strategies and Content 92
- 12 Sessions of RIPP-8 92
- Sample Session 94
- Chapter 8 Adaptation of RIPP For Cultural and Community Differences 97
- Theoretical Basis of RIPP 98
- Community and Cultural Influences on Violence 99
- Community Context 101
- School Environment 103
- Ethnicity 104
- Gender 106
- Children with Learning and/or Behavioral Disorders 107
- Adapting RIPP 107
- Program Components 108
- Implementation Issues 110.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-124) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0306463857
- 0306463865
- OCLC:
- 43701678
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