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The main focus of this workbook is on helping individuals understand other people's points of view and consider how their actions affect others, how other people influence their actions, the importance of friends and healthy relationships, and how they can build a network of positive social support. Sold in packets of five, not available individually. The lessons in this workbook are designed to help participants learn more about how they are connected to others, how to consider the welfare of others, and how to recognize the different ways that peers and groups influence their behavior. The primary goals are to increase skills in empathy, recognition of peer influences, and ability to resist peer pressure, as well as to help participants build a positive social support network. Emphasizing concern for others, moral system of belief, and prosocial connectedness, lessons help participants increase their understanding of others’ perspectives and awareness of how others feel (empathy building). Lessons also emphasize social influence and how peers and social groups can promote prosocial behavior as opposed to encouraging risky or harmful behaviors. The importance of positive social support now and in the future is highlighted.

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Dr Nancy G. Guerra, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at the University of California at Riverside, USA. For the past 10 years, she has been the Director and Principal Investigator for the Southern California Academic Center of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is the coeditor of two recent scholarly books on youth violence prevention and treatment of offenders, Preventing Youth Violence in a Multicultural Society (American Psychological Association Press) and Treating the Juvenile Offender (Guilford Press) and has published over 100 journal articles and chapters on the causes and prevention of youth violence, promoting positive youth development, and understanding the connection between culture and behavior.

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