So, as children and youth become more violent, the methods we tend to use to curtail that violence
are approaches that won't work with conduct disorders, the most misbehaved youngsters. Here is the
explanation. As discussed in the article above, conduct disorders lack a conscience. That means that they
have no relationship capacity, and are especially unable to feel empathy and compassion. Popular
violence prevention methods like character education use one core approach, caring about others.
It's like teaching a tone deaf person to sing. You can try but it may not be that person's
strong suit-- ever. You can attempt to make conduct disorders care about others so they
won't hurt others, but it's a tune they will never be able to sing. If you lack relationship
capacity, you can never care about others. Therefore, caring about others will never be the way
to assist conduct disorders to rein in their interpersonal aggression. It's actually ironic.
The youngster who needs to most benefit from violence prevention training, is the most
unaffected by it. Sadly, violence prevention training that relies on empathy, actually
can prompt conduct disorders to behave worse. Relationship-based violence prevention methods
often inadvertently teach the conduct disorder to be a more effective victimizer.
That's part of what's different about our resources for severely misbehaved youth and
children. Developed by mental health counselors with juvenile
corrections experience, they are especially geared to avoid the
pitfalls of conventional, one-size-fits-all violence prevention techniques. These methods
aren't magic, but at least they are unlikely to make the situation worse as
is an overwhelming risk with relationship-based violence prevention methods.
Our resources can actually train children and youth to be more peaceful. These methods
also rely heavily on a wide array of methods so they can effectively reach and teach a wide array of kids.
These methods are especially formulated to work with conduct disorders, and play to the
one thing that conduct disorders care about: me-me-me.
Especially recommended are our
Temper and Tantrum Tamers book (shown below), click here, and our
All the Best Answers to the Worst Problems Anti-Social Youth and Conduct Disorders book, click
here.
You can instantly get and read either resource in ebook format by clicking here. Getting one of our
ebooks is so fast that you should be reading and printing your solutions in just about 60 seconds.
Budget constraints shouldn't stop you from switching to more effective methods for conduct disorders.
Youth Change is a socially responsible company. We will assist you to obtain our resources
if you are a youth professional with a bad budget. For example, you can
email us (click here) about
purchasing damaged books at half price. If you prefer to get our most comprehensive help, and
come to a live workshop,
we also always
have a few half-price work-study slots open at every Breakthrough Strategies
to Teach and Counsel Troubled Youth Workshop that we sponsor-- a rate so affordable that almost
anyone can afford to come. Our workshop devotes several hours to violence
prevention and management. Call us toll-free for work-study info at 1-800-545-5736.
To learn about our workshop, call us, or visit our Workshop
Page by clicking here. Whatever you do to update your methods and knowledge about
conduct disorders, do something effective, and do something now. That will be important
to ensure the safety of your youth and yourself. Let us know if we can assist you.
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