Identifying emotions
Recognizing personal strengths
Empathy and perspective taking
Respecting others
Anger management and impulse control
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Decision making
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Stress management
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Goal setting
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Problem solving
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Relationship building
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Verbal and non-verbal communication
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Negotiation and refusal
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Span at least two years with a minimum of 10-15 sessions per year
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Reach children from kindergarten through high school
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Include detailed lesson plans and engaging student materials
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Use age-appropriate, interactive teaching methods
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Be culturally sensitive
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Involve peer educators
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Include student and family components
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Offer training opportunities for school faculty and staff
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Be well-evaluated
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Instructional approaches that promote critical thinking and enhance social and emotional skills may prevent or reduce behaviors that lead to substance use and violence. Skills-based instructional approaches can be offered as discrete "health education" courses, incorporated within existing courses (e.g., social studies), or integrated across the academic curriculum (i.e., spread throughout numerous existing courses and activities).
"Our students need help developing social, interpersonal
problem-solving, and anger management skills. [Many of our prevention] activities
help clarify behavioral expectations and create a calmer school climate, which
should decrease the number of behavioral referrals schoolwide." Ideally, skills-based instruction should:
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