Equipping young people to choose non-violence : a violence reduction programme to understand violence, its effects, where it comes from and how to prevent it / Gerry Heery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heery, Gerry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth and violence--Prevention.

Youth and violence.

Nonviolence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 12 session photocopiable programme is designed to help young people aged 10+ to reduce their violent and aggressive behaviour. Grounded in restorative justice principles, it encourages them to take responsibility for their behaviour, helps them recognize the effects of their actions, and teaches them conflict resolution skills.

Contents:

Equipping Young People to Choose Non-Violence: A Violence Reduction Programme to Understand Violence, Its Effects, Where It Comes From and How to Prevent It; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: Background; 1. Foundations of the Choosing Non-Violence Programme; The ethical practice base: Values; The ethical practice base: Knowledge; The ecological model; Programme theory base; Specific issues for programme design and delivery; Managing the risk of violence; Working with different types of violence; Delivering the programme; 2. Facilitating the Choosing Non-Violence Programme

Element 1: Welcome and check-inElements 2 and 3: The Choosing Non-Violence curriculum; Element 4: Taking care of yourself; Summary; 3. Delivering an Ethical and Effective Programme; The bigger picture; Programme effectiveness and integrity; Evaluation and building the evidence base; Conclusion; Part 2: The Choosing Non-Violence Programme; Session 1. Choice!; Element 2: What is violence?; Element 3: How big a deal is my violence?; Session 2. The Effects of Violence; Element 2: Looking at an example of violence; Element 3: The impact on the victim

Session 3. Exploring the Problem of My ViolenceElement 2: Boom! - What triggers my use of violence?; Element 3: Working through an example; Session 4. I'm Not the Problem; Element 2: The history of violence in my life; Element 3: Violence is the problem!; Session 5. The Effects of My Use of Violence; Element 2: Achieving my goals; Element 3: The impact on my victim; Session 6. Gender and Violence; Element 2: Being a young man or woman; Element 3: Your experiences and expectations; Session 7. Emotions and Violence; Element 2: Emotions in your life; Element 3: Dealing with put-downs and shame

Session 8. Thinking and Decision-MakingElement 2: Thinking about thinking; Element 3: Making positive decisions; Session 9. Searching for Strengths; Element 2: Choosing a non-violence story; Element 3: My positive strengths; Session 10. Conflict; Element 2: Responding to conflict; Element 3: Is 'win-win' possible?; Session 11. Taking Responsibility and Changing; Element 2: My ideas about change; Element 3: Dealing with my use of violence; Session 12. Moving On!; Element 2: Can I see it coming?; Element 3: Following through to deal with my use of violence

Element 4: Ending and reviewing the programmeAppendix 1: Exercises for Element 4' Taking care of yourself'; Appendix 2: Evaluation Forms; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613291646

9781283291644

1283291649

9780857006059

0857006053

OCLC:

758333976