OVERVIEW: This workshop makes the connections between aggression, violence, and self-esteem as they develop in children. The developmental processes of the victim, abuser/bully, and survivor are discussed with reference to parenting styles, both positive and problematic. Methods are presented to build self-esteem in children and to protect them from becoming abusers/bullies and/or victims. The 90 Second-A-Day Child Self-Esteem Prescription Plan brings together these principles in simple but powerful interactions between adults and children.
1) WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT SELF-ESTEEM?
Abusers, Victims, Watchers (peer bullies), Survivors, and Activists
2) VIOLENCE as BULLYING
Repetition, Aggression, Negative Intent, and Power Difference
Behavior, Verbalization To, and Verbalization About
RELATIONAL AGGRESSION (gender differences)
3) WHAT IS SELF-ESTEEM MADE UP OF?
ACCEPTANCE, POWER & CONTROL, MORAL VIRTUE, & COMPETENCE
4) ABUSERS & BULLIES in terms of VIOLENCE/AGGRESSION
and the Search for Acceptance, Power & Control, Moral Virtue, & Competence
Problems; Causes, Characteristics
THE COERCION PARENTING MODEL
NONCONTINGENT PARENTING
RELATIONAL AGGRESSION
THE REACTIVE BULLY- Both Bully & Victim
5) VICTIMS in terms of VIOLENCE/AGGRESSION
and the Search for Acceptance, Power & Control, Moral Virtue, & Competence
ANXIOUS VULNERABILITY
NON-CONFLICT SUBMISSIVENESS
6) SURVIVORS in terms of VIOLENCE/AGGRESSION
and the Search for Acceptance, Power & Control, Moral Virtue, & Competence
VERBAL FLUENCY
7) WHERE & HOW IS SELF-ESTEEM (victims and bullies) CREATED?