BICA Training

BICA Training Topic:

START - Social Skills Training and Aggression Replacement Techniques

This training workshop will examine the scope of youth aggression in schools, homes, the community and institutions. It will provide participants with background and rationale for teaching prosocial skills. The format includes lecture, demonstration, participation and implementation planning. Participants will learn:

A model for understanding aggression
Elements in the ecology of aggression
The social skills curriculum
Strategies for teaching moral reasoning
How to run training groups
How to deal with resistance
How to enhance generalization of learned skills

Detailed training descriptions & options (pdf - S. Braaten)

START Workshop promo presentation (pdf - S. Albrecht)

Faculty

Sheldon Braaten, Ph.D.
Susan Albrecht, Ed.D.

Target Audience

Interest Area	Education Mental Health Juvenile Justice Families
Expertise Level	General Parent Professional
Age Level	Adult

Training Options

Trainer of Trainers
3-5 day workshop - STAIRS
Two-day workshop - START (click for sample agenda)
Full-day workshop - Social Skills only
1/2-day workshop - overview
1-hour keynote

		Social Skills	START	STAIRS
	Training Length	up to 1 day	2-3 days	5 days
	Text	Skillstreaming Book/CD	ART® Book/CD	The Prepare Curriculum
Topics Included	Social Skills	Choose from: Early Childhood Elementary Adolescent	Adolescent	Adolescent
	Anger Control	NO	YES	YES
	Moral Reasoning	NO	YES	YES
	Situational Perception	NO	NO	YES
	Problem Solving	NO	NO	YES
	Stress Management	NO	NO	YES
	Recruiting Supportive Models	NO	NO	YES
	Empathy	NO	NO	YES
	Cooperation	NO	NO	YES
	Understanding/Using Groups	NO	NO	YES

Graduate Credit & Continuing Education

Graduate credit toward EBD licensure and continuing education clock hours are available.

Custom Workshops

The workshop can be customized based on experience level, particular needs and available workshop time. For more information on developing a custom workshop, please contact us.

Resources

Research

BICA's START and STAIRS Workshops are based on the work by Dr. Arnold Goldstein.

Goldstein Bio

Supporting Research

BICA is home to the Arnold Goldstein Memorial Library

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