Grades+6-8

__**Second Step: Student Success Through Prevention**__ The //Second Step// middle school program is a universal, classroom-based prevention program designed to decrease agression, bullying, and substance abuse and increase students' social skills and school success. As a program for all students, it provides a foundation for creating a safe, respectful learning environment. __**Grade 6**__ //Students at this grade level will learn://
 * how their brain and bodies react when they experience strong emotions
 * to identify the first three steps for "Staying In Control"
 * why using self-talk is a key to managing emotions
 * how to apply self-talk strategies

Resources:

**__Grade 7__** //Students at this grade level will learn://
 * that out-of-control anger can result in destructive outcomes
 * to recognize the physical and mental signs that lead to strong emotions
 * to identify and apply startegies for styaing in conrol of their emotions

Resources: **__Grade 8__** //Students at this grade level will learn://
 * to identify personal strategies to "pause" and calm down
 * how self-talk can lead to escalation or de-escalation of anger, agression, and conflict
 * how spectators' responses can lead to escalation

Resources:

//Second Step: Student Success Through Prevention.// (2008). Seattle,WA: Committee from Children.
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**Additional Advisory Resources:**
In an advisory block of time, in this case twenty minutes, these lesson plans are suited for grades 6-8. They were piloted this year between two middle schools in Meriden and will be implimented in the upcoming school year. Lesson Plans:

[|5.beating the bully.docx] **Objective:** To recognize bullying behaviors and the serious impact they have on the victim.

[|6. are you still listening.docx] **Objective:** To practice active listening skills and to improve communication. [|10.make the right choice.docx] ** Objective: ** To encourage mentees to make ethical decisions even when no one is watching. This will help them make ethical decisions in other situations. [|Responding To Teasing.docx]

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‍**Objective: **The student will have an appropriate reaction when being teased by peers. =====

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‍ [|Responding To Rumors.docx] ===== **Objective:** The student will respond appropriate when someone approaches him and begins to tell a rumor.

 [|Responding To Prejudice.docx]

**Objective:** The student will react appropriately to others when racial slurs or prejudicial treatment is occurring.

 [|Maintaining Friendships.docx]

**Objective:** The student will identify key factors that make a friendship endure.


 * References: **

Benigni, Dr. Mark (2010). //Advisory Dissertation Lesson Plans//. Unpublished manuscript.