The Youth Relationships Manual: A Group Approach with Adolescents for the Prevention of Woman Abuse and the Promotion of Healthy Relationships - Softcover

David A. Wolfe; Christine Wekerle; Robert Gough; Deborah Reitzel-Jaffe; Carolyn Grasley; Anna-Lee Pittman; Lorraine Lefebvre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761901949 ISBN 13: 9780761901945

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1996

Synopsis

Designed to combat physical and sexual aggression against women and children, this prevention programme manual is based on the premise that the best opportunity for promoting healthy, non-violent relationships is to intervene during adolescence, when peer relationships and interpersonal style become firmly established. The proactive, competency-enhancing programme is designed to build strengths, resilience and coping skills in young people.

Carefully developed and tested in the field, the 18-session group training programme has three principal sections, covering informational, skill-building and social action learning opportunities. The manual provides a detailed curriculum for the programme, which is designed for eight to

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Wolfe holds the inaugural RBC Chair in Children′s Mental Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and heads the CAMH Centre for Prevention Science. He is also Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Toronto. Since 2007 he has served as Editor-in-Chief of Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, past President of Division 37 (Child, Youth, and Family Services), and received a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He has provided extensive assessment and consultation to child protective services, schools, and the court with respect to issues of child abuse and violence.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0761901949
• ISBN 13: 9780761901945
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 210