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Positive Life Changes: A Cognitive-behavioral Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults-leader Guides - Couverture souple

Guerra, Nancy G.

 
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Synopsis

Provides group leaders with detailed instructions and implementation guidelines. The guide addresses the information presented in the three separate participant workbooks. Each workbook contains 10 lessons providing a life skills curriculum in which participants learn to examine how they think, develop more effective decision-making skills, and apply these skills to their daily lives. Lessons are primarily designed to be conducted in small group sessions, but can also be accomplished individually or with the assistance of a mentor or counselor.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

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