| Intervention Program
For Schools or individual groups involving: Anger Management
/ Social Skills Development
Program Lengths for schools: 5 weeks @ 1 hour per week
Program Lengths for individual groups: 6 weeks @ 1 hour per week
Format: Group Focused
Objective:
This program will help children identify feelings, how feelings make our
bodies react, what in our lives make us "mad", and how we can deal and cope with our emotions in a positive way. Children will learn empathy and begin to develop a positive sense of self. All of which is necessary to help them make and keep friends: Decreasing the need to bully or allow others to bully.
The group will process these themes through drama, art activities, games, and discussions facilitated by a Professional. The activities will target the different types of learners: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.
Our Final goal is to help build a positive sense of self worth and discover new things that they can do and achieve.
Week 1 - FEELINGS "How am I really feeling?"
• Identifying and exploring emotion
• Identifying physical reactions
Week 2 - TRIGGERS "What makes me feel this way?"
• Identify triggers
• Levels and characteristics of anger
• Use of "What Bugs Me" project
Week 3 - COMMUNICATION SKILLS “What my body and words are saying”
• Two different types of communication Verbal and non verbal
• “I messages”, how to say what you need without hurting people's feelings
• Listening skills
Week 4 - CONFLICT RESOLUTION “Let's all try to get along"
• Practice communication skills that will help get our message across in a
positive way.
• What we can do if someone is trying to bully us.
• If someone makes me “mad” I can…
Week 5 – APPLYING COPING TECHNIQUES "How can I handle
situations better?”
• T echniques to help with self control
• *Weeks 4 and 5 are talking about the same issue. Practicing new
techniques and using new language learned will help reinforce
ways to cope and how to dissolve conflict.
Week 6 – RELATIONSHIP BUILDING "How do I make new friends,
and keep the ones I already have?"
• What does it mean to be a friend?
• How do I make friends, will they like me
• I want my friends to trust me and I want to trust them
Upon completion of the program an informal assessment will be made in order to determine if any individuals will require further skills development. This assessment will be issued to the teacher in charge of the group. Chilling & Chatting Length of session: Approximately 1 hour sessions
Amount of sessions: to be determined by the client (minimum of 6 sessions)
Format: Group Focused (youth)
Objective:
This program will also help youth identifying feelings, how feelings make our bodies react, what in our lives make us "mad", and how we can deal and cope with our emotions in a positive way. Youth will learn empathy and begin to develop a positive sense of self. All of which is necessary to help them make and keep friends:
Decreasing the need to bully or allow others to bully.
Our Final goal is to help build a positive sense of self worth and discover new things that they can do and achieve.
Method:
Each different emotion or behaviour is identified through the use of short movie clips. This allows the emotion or behaviour to be attached to the character in the clip and not to the youth directly. The learning environment is designed to be laid back giving the feel of just “Chilling & Chatting”. This is a non-threatening way to open dialogue and ask questions. The individuals will leave the sessions learning the day's
objective in a fun and innovative way. The program will help to develop and encourage trust relationship techniques.
Examples of Emotions or Behaviours Identified:
• Anger – I Can't Take It Anymore! Movie: The Waterboy
• Getting Started – Taking Baby Steps Movie:What About Bob
• Choices – Where's the Fun? Movie:Happy Gilmore |
