Second Step Program

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The paper discusses the shocking rise in violent behavior in schools that represents a growing concern to students, parents, teachers, administrators and policymakers alike. The paper focuses on the Second Step Prevention Curriculum that is designed to address this problem in elementary schools. The paper explores the research and relates that that this program has been shown to be effective in increasing positive social skills and reducing aggressive playground behavior. The paper further relates that the Second Step program is cost-effective and comprehensive and is an effective means of teaching young people to cope with social conflict and acquire empathy.

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"Although educators may not all agree on the best approach to delivering high quality educational services in an elementary school setting, it is reasonable to assert that all teachers expect and require a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and is free of student-on-student violence. In this regard, there has been an increased focus on violence in the nation's schools in recent years in response to a number of high-profile school shootings in Columbine and Littleton and bullying incidents which has resulted in the formulation and implementation of a number of violence prevention programs in schools throughout the country. To date, the overwhelming majority of these laudable initiatives, though, have been concentrated on urban, inner-city neighborhoods, and the majority of these programs have focused on adolescents. Unfortunately, there remains a dearth of such timely interventions designed specifically for younger students, despite the fact that many such undesirable behaviors and accompanying attitudes become apparent long before adolescence in reached."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Committee for Children. (1997). Second step: Violence prevention curriculum. Seattle, WA: Author.
• Crowe, T. (1991). Habitual offenders: Guidelines for citizen action and public responses. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice in Sprague & Walker at p. 367.
• Curriculum kit and cost. (2008). Committee for Children. [Online]. Available: http://www. cfchildren.org/programs/ssp/kitcost/.
• Embry, D. D., Flannery, D. J., Vazsonyi, A. T., Powell, K. E. & Atha, H. (1996). PeaceBuilders: A theoretically driven, school-based model for early violence prevention. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 12(5, Suppl), 91-100 in Taub at p. 187.
• Lane, L. & Menzies, H. M. (2003). A school-wide intervention with primary and secondary levels of support for elementary students: Outcomes and considerations. Education & Treatment of Children, 26(4), 431.

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