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This paper illustrates the application of the Coping Power program with an 11-year-old boy and his father. Coping Power is a manualized preventive intervention for school-age children at-risk for disruptive and delinquent behavior. Cognitive-behavioral techniques are taught in separate child and parent groups to improve children’s social and emotional competencies. This case study highlights the core content of the Coping Power child and parent intervention components, the contextual social cognitive risk factors that the program targets, and the empirical support for the program’s effectiveness.
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Boxmeyer, C.L., Lochman, J.E., Powell, N. et al. A Case Study of the Coping Power Program for Angry and Aggressive Youth. J Contemp Psychother 37, 165–174 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-007-9051-3
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