American Indian Life Skills Development Curriculum

American Indian Life Skills Development Curriculum
ISBN-10
029914920X
ISBN-13
9780299149208
Pages
517
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Author
Teresa Davis LaFromboise

Description

Created in collaboration with students and community members from the Zuni Pueblo and the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, this curriculum addresses key issues in Native American Indian adolescents' lives and teaches such life skills as communication, problem solving, depression and stress management, anger regulation, and goal setting. The course is unique in its skills-based approach. After first increasing awareness and knowledge of suicide, it then teaches students specific methods to help a peer turn away from suicidal thinking and seek help from an appropriate help-giver.