Cynthia Hudley
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300110852
- eISBN:
- 9780300151756
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300110852.003.0004
- Subject:
- Psychology, Developmental Psychology
This chapter presents the results of three studies on the effectiveness of the BrainPower Program. The studies demonstrate that children's thinking can be changed with cost-effective educational ...
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This chapter presents the results of three studies on the effectiveness of the BrainPower Program. The studies demonstrate that children's thinking can be changed with cost-effective educational strategies, and these changes in thinking can produce changes in children's aggressive behavior. The second very important lesson from the BrainPower evaluations is the knowledge that this program can be successfully embedded in a comprehensive youth development program that serves a broad range of children.Less
This chapter presents the results of three studies on the effectiveness of the BrainPower Program. The studies demonstrate that children's thinking can be changed with cost-effective educational strategies, and these changes in thinking can produce changes in children's aggressive behavior. The second very important lesson from the BrainPower evaluations is the knowledge that this program can be successfully embedded in a comprehensive youth development program that serves a broad range of children.
Cynthia Hudley
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300110852
- eISBN:
- 9780300151756
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300110852.003.0003
- Subject:
- Psychology, Developmental Psychology
This chapter discusses the development of the BrainPower Program, which aims to change children's patterns of thinking about social interactions in order to reduce aggressive behavior directed at ...
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This chapter discusses the development of the BrainPower Program, which aims to change children's patterns of thinking about social interactions in order to reduce aggressive behavior directed at peers. The intervention curriculum comprises twelve lessons of about one hour each, with materials and activities appropriate for the upper elementary grades—that is, grades 3–6. The central goal of the intervention is to retrain aggressive students to start from a presumption of accidental rather than hostile peer intent in negative social encounters.Less
This chapter discusses the development of the BrainPower Program, which aims to change children's patterns of thinking about social interactions in order to reduce aggressive behavior directed at peers. The intervention curriculum comprises twelve lessons of about one hour each, with materials and activities appropriate for the upper elementary grades—that is, grades 3–6. The central goal of the intervention is to retrain aggressive students to start from a presumption of accidental rather than hostile peer intent in negative social encounters.
Cynthia Hudley
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300110852
- eISBN:
- 9780300151756
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300110852.001.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Developmental Psychology
Some children are prone to a particular kind of aggression when they are with their peers. For these children, any harm done to them—even something as inconsequential as a jostle in the lunch line—is ...
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Some children are prone to a particular kind of aggression when they are with their peers. For these children, any harm done to them—even something as inconsequential as a jostle in the lunch line—is perceived as intentional. Their style of social information processing, termed “hostile attributional bias,” increases the likelihood of retaliating with excessive and inappropriate physical aggression. In this book, parents and professionals who work with children will learn what can be done to better understand and control children's aggression. Beginning with a review of the literature, the author underscores the substantial risks of long-term problems for elementary-school-age children who demonstrate aggressive behavior. Then, drawing on her work as founder of a successful school intervention program, the BrainPower Program, the author describes methods for reducing children's peer-directed aggression. She concludes with a discussion of the importance of broad social contexts in supporting nonaggressive behavior.Less
Some children are prone to a particular kind of aggression when they are with their peers. For these children, any harm done to them—even something as inconsequential as a jostle in the lunch line—is perceived as intentional. Their style of social information processing, termed “hostile attributional bias,” increases the likelihood of retaliating with excessive and inappropriate physical aggression. In this book, parents and professionals who work with children will learn what can be done to better understand and control children's aggression. Beginning with a review of the literature, the author underscores the substantial risks of long-term problems for elementary-school-age children who demonstrate aggressive behavior. Then, drawing on her work as founder of a successful school intervention program, the BrainPower Program, the author describes methods for reducing children's peer-directed aggression. She concludes with a discussion of the importance of broad social contexts in supporting nonaggressive behavior.
