
Positive Life Changes, Workbook 3
How Do I Solve Problems and Make Good Decisions?
Nancy G. Guerra(Author)
Research Press Inc.,U.S.
Published on 30. September 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
124 pages
978-0-87822-644-3 (ISBN)
Description
The emphasis of this workbook is on helping participants learn a step-by-step method for making decisions and life choices that builds on their awareness of the present moment, highlights their strengths, is consistent with their goals, helps them solve problems, and has positive consequences. Sold in packets of five, not available individually.
Because adolescents are more likely to make impulsive and often risky decisions, the ability to reflect and think carefully before making a decision is one of the most critical skills they must learn and practice. The final workbook in the program teaches the Eight Steps to Personal Success-a structured decision-making and social problem solving framework that includes identifying problems, setting goals, generating solutions, evaluating consequences for self and others, and making effective decisions. The underlying premise is that participants will behave more responsibly if they learn to deal with everyday conflicts and problems more effectively.
Because adolescents are more likely to make impulsive and often risky decisions, the ability to reflect and think carefully before making a decision is one of the most critical skills they must learn and practice. The final workbook in the program teaches the Eight Steps to Personal Success-a structured decision-making and social problem solving framework that includes identifying problems, setting goals, generating solutions, evaluating consequences for self and others, and making effective decisions. The underlying premise is that participants will behave more responsibly if they learn to deal with everyday conflicts and problems more effectively.
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Language
English
Place of publication
IL
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Packet of five workbooks
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
800 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87822-644-3 (9780878226443)
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Dr Nancy G. Guerra, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at the University of California at Riverside, USA. For the past 10 years, she has been the Director and Principal Investigator for the Southern California Academic Center of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is the coeditor of two recent scholarly books on youth violence prevention and treatment of offenders, Preventing Youth Violence in a Multicultural Society (American Psychological Association Press) and Treating the Juvenile Offender (Guilford Press) and has published over 100 journal articles and chapters on the causes and prevention of youth violence, promoting positive youth development, and understanding the connection between culture and behavior.