Transcript Aggression Replacement Training (ART)

Session 5
Review
 What are cues?
 Why is it important to recognize your cues?
 What are the 3 anger reducers we learned?
 Who would like to share one of their hassle logs?
Skillstreaming (Social Skills)
 Social Skills are the skills we use when we deal with
other people.
 Good social skills help us get what we want:
maximizing the positive response and minimizing the
negative response from other people.
Understanding the Feelings of Others-Definition
 Ability to observe another person and identify
what they may be feeling by looking at their
actions and listening to what they are saying
Understanding the Feelings of Others
 1. Watch the other person.
 2. Listen to what the other person is saying.
 3. Figure out what the person might be feeling.
 4. Think about ways to show you understand what
he/she is feeling.
 Decide on the best way and do it.
Reminders
 Self instructional statements used to help increase
success in pressure situations of all types.
 Reminders can be very helpful in situations where you
must try very hard to keep calm.
Examples-Self Instructional Statements
 Take it easy.
 Just stay cool.
 Relax.
 This isn’t worth it.
 Calm down.
 Ok, develop a plan.
 Chill out.
 Just walk away.
 Cool off.
 Take a time out.
Examples-Positive Self Talk
 Good, I’m hanging in there.
 I feel great-I’m dealing with it and not yelling.
 I can handle this.
 I’m going to have good consequences
 I can control myself.
Reminders
 Use each notecard to list one reminder that you can
use during a conflict situation to decrease your anger
arousal.
 Be sure to use reminders that are personal to you. You
want to easily remember them in an anger control
situation.
Homework
 Complete a skillstreaming worksheet on the
skillstreaming skill: Knowing Your Feelings
 You will also complete 3 hassle logs
 Try to use each of the 3 reminders you identified and
wrote on your notecards.