START Training

Social skills Training & Aggression Replacement Techniques

Workshop Overview

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

Start Workshop Promo Presentation pdf (S. Albrecht)

Supporting Research

Graduate Credit & Continuing Education - Graduate credit toward EBD licensure and continuing education clock hours are available.

Course Credit Requirements 

Custom Workshops - The START 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.