Overview

"This series of monographs is dedicated to the increasingly vital area of prevention in healthcare. The works are organized into four categories of preventive practice: education, social competency enhancement, natural caregiving, and systems change. Tragedy should not and need not occur before a school or community begins making efforts to prevent violence. This volume describes the steps taken by Responding In Peaceful and Positive Ways (RIPP), a program developed to promote ""non-violence"" among students in middle schools. RIPP provides young people with new ways to respond to conflict. Using the acronym RAID, the students are taught four types of non-violent options: Resolve, Avoid, Ignore, and Diffuse. By teaching that they have other choices in any conflict, the idea that ""fighting"" is a necessary response to an insult or a conflict is dispelled. RIPP also teaches the need for everyone to accept differences, to affirm those with whom they come in contact, and not to engage in ""put downs"" of others. This empirically validated program has been proven to work in a variety of settings and was designed with real-life experiences in mind. It was originally developed and implemented in collaboration with school administrators in both urban and rural settings."

Full Product Details

Author:   Aleta L. Meyer ,  Albert Farrell ,  Wendy Northup ,  Eva Kung
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   2000 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780306463853

ISBN 10:   0306463857
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   31 July 2000
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Background on Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways (RIPP): Violence, Nonviolence, and Positive Risk-Taking in Early Adolescence.- Overview.- What is RIPP?.- The History of RIPP and Its Development.- Who is RIPP For?.- How Effective is RIPP?.- Summary.- 2 Getting RIPP Running.- School Readiness.- School Commitment.- Establishing a Core Group of Support.- Costs of the Program.- Logistics and Supervision.- Peer Mediation.- Obstacles To Implementing RIPP.- Summary.- 3 Selecting and Training Beacons of Nonviolence.- “Beacon of Nonviolence” Defined.- Who is the Violence Prevention Facilitator?.- We’ve Hired Great People Willing to Take on This Responsibility—Now What?.- Summary.- 4 Knowing whether RIPP Is Working in Your School.- Overview.- Why Is Evaluation So Important?.- Assembling an Evaluation Team.- Laying the Groundwork.- Types of Evaluations.- Evaluation Designs.- Conclusions.- 5 Overview of RIPP-6.- The Essence of RIPP-6.- Educational Strategies and Content.- The 25 Sessions of RIPP-6.- Sample Session.- 6 Overview of RIPP-7.- The Essence of RIPP-7.- Educational Strategies and Content.- The 12 Sessions of RIPP-7.- Sample Session.- 7 Overview of RIPP-8.- The Essence of RIPP-8.- Educational Strategies and Content.- 12 Sessions of RIPP-8.- Sample Session.- 8 Adaptation of RIPP For Cultural and Community Differences.- Overview.- Theoretical Basis of RIPP.- Community and Cultural Influences on Violence.- Adapting RIPP.- Conclusion.- Epilogue.- References.

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'... it will provide interesting reading for school-based professionals concerned about reducing violence en conflict.' READINGS, March 2001

... it will provide interesting reading for school-based professionals concerned about reducing violence en conflict.' READINGS, March 2001

`... it will provide interesting reading for school-based professionals concerned about reducing violence en conflict.' READINGS, March 2001

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