Middle - High School

Middle / High School PATTS 

The Middle/High school PATTS consists of ten, 45-minute weekly groups that can be cone in a group or individual format.   The middle/high school curriculum focusses on positive social skills.   The primary goals of the program, are to help participants learn nonviolent conflict resolution skills, demonstrate more forgiveness in conflict situations and take responsibility for their choices and behavior. 

The curriculum is based on the premise that many youth exhibiting behavioral issues stems for adverse childhood events and traumas that has resulted in poor affect regulation skills.  The lessons follow the healing process promoted through trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy including educating the participant about the effects of negative life experiences, affect regulation, affect expression, cognitive positive thinking, forgiveness and developing positive support systems.  These skills then help the participant learn positive conflict resolution and peer refusal skills.  The middle’/high school curriculum also adds a session on assisting the participant in looking at their future. and how their choices affect attaining their life goals.   

This program also emphasizes the necessity for integrating the youth’s other support people into the program. A parent night is offered to all PATTS participants as an opportunity to inform the parents of the new conflict resolution skills that their children have learned. This will encourage the parents or guardians to support their children in utilizing their newly acquired skills. The parent night curriculum is included in this book. 

The youth who are participating in the PATTS program in the school system also need the support of their teachers. This program also provides a teacher training so that the teachers can utilize the PATTS program in classroom conflicts.