Coping Power
A program for students with or at risk for an emotional disturbance emphasizing social and emotional skills needed for the transition to middle school. Coping Power is a preventative intervention delivered to students in late elementary to middle school. The program uses skills-based training to increase social competence, self-regulation, and positive parental involvement. It has many benefits, including reduced substance use, reduced delinquency, and lower aggression. Coping Power‘s major services include structured cognitive-behavioral group sessions for participants in schools and behavioral parent training groups for parents and guardians held at convenient times near participants’ neighborhoods.
Coping Power Program
Box 870348
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone: 205-348-3535
Email: Coping@UA.edu
