Citation

Schick A, Cierpka M. Prax. Kinderpsychol. Kinderpsychiatr. 2009; 58(8): 655-671.

Vernacular Title

Gewaltpravention in weiterfuhrenden Schulen: Das Faustlos-Curriculum fur die

Affiliation

Heidelberger Präventionszentrum, Heidelberg. a.schick@h-p-z.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Verlag Fur Medizinische Psychologie)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19961127

Abstract

Schools and kindergartens are particularly suitable for the implementation of violence prevention programs. Many German schools and kindergartens have securely established the violence prevention curriculum Faustlos. The Faustlos programs for kindergartens and elementary schools are now complemented with the version for middle schools. As the kindergarten- and elementary school versions the middle school program too focuses on the theoretically profound, age group-tailored promotion of empathy, impulse control and anger management. These dimensions are subdivided into the five themes "understanding the problem" "training for empathy"; "anger management", "problem solving" and "applying skills" and taught stepwise, highly structured and based on several video sequences in 31 lessons. US-American evaluation studies proof the effectiveness and the violence prevention potential of the program. With the curriculum for middle schools a comprehensive Faustlos program package is now made available to sustainably promote core violence prevention competences of children and adolescents on a developmentally appropriate level and with a consistent didactic approach.

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