The Coping Power Program is designed for students in grades 4-5 with aggressive behaviors and their parents. It is a highly structured program with specific goals, objectives, and exercises for each session using CBT as the theoretical orientation. It emphasizes social and emotional skills needed during the transition to middle school, and addresses both child-level and contextual factors that contribute.
The student component lessons are centered around goal setting, organizational and study skills, improving emotional awareness, coping with peer pressure, social problem solving, anger management, and peer relationships for students. It includes 34 small group (4-6 student) sessions, each 50 minutes long. There are also 30-minute monthly individual sessions (6-8 total) for targeted student behavioral change. Coping Power is designed to be implemented across two school years.
The caregiver component includes 16, 90-minute group sessions for 10-12 caregivers held at school either during the school day or after school. Lessons support and coincide with child components and are built using social learning theory. Each session is designed to build group cohesion amongst caregivers and to develop community and school involvement. Content is focused on setting expectations, praise, discipline, managing stress, child study skills, and identifying/supporting positive behaviors.
According to What Works Clearinghouse, this intervention has positive effects on externalizing behaviors.
Tier 2, Grades K-8, Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)