TACT (Teens and Conflict Together) (ePub)

High school is an uncertain period for all youth.

With negotiating peer pressures while defining their own identity, youth experience periods of uncertainty, and oftentimes anxiety, in high school. Navigating tough conversations and managing conflict is a daily occurrence for young people. Giving them options to practice these essential life skills is crucial in their coping and establishing healthy boundaries in their relationships. Help is here to show you how you can empower young people to learn essential conflict management skills.

What's in the book for me?

- 6 lessons with handouts for fun and engaging activities.

- Unique ways to facilitate discussions about conflict with youth.

- Experiential games to get youth up and moving together.

The perfect resource to help your students:

- Learn listening and communication skills.

- Increase their self-confidence with managing tough conversations.

- Improve decision making and conflict management abilities.

TACT (Teens and Conflict Together) is a six-session, skills based program designed for facilitation by professionals in school and community systems who work with youth. TACT (Teens and Conflict Together) is structured to provide youth with opportunities for reflection of personal communication styles, conflict management styles and beliefs about their relationships with each other, their peers and the world around them. Skills are presented using fun and interactive games to both encourage and empower youth to employ a problem solving process for conflict management and conflict resolution. There is a literacy component to the program, as well as art and creative writing.

This session will cover each of the modules of the program and offer strategies for implementing conflict management and problem solving programs with youth between the ages of 11-17 years.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the six lessons, participants will be able to:

1) Deliver conflict management skills curriculum to youth aged 11-17 years.

2) Describe a proven four stage model for effectively managing conflict.

3) Demonstrate how conflict can be resolved using fun, creative and engaging methods.