Stop Think Do

The following is a list of manuals and training materials related to the Stop Think Do Program

STOP THINK DO Social Skills Training: Primary years of schooling ages 8-12
(Petersen & Adderley, 2002). Features include
  • Why train social skills and emotional intelligence in children?
  • How to apply the program in classrooms, with special needs children, for peer mediators, as a whole school, and with parental involvement
  • Social skills lessons for children aged 8-10
  • Social skills lessons for children aged 10-12
  • 3 colorful traffic light training posters
STOP THINK DO Social Skills Training: Early years of schooling ages 4-8
(Petersen & Adderley, 2002). Features include
  • Why train social skills and emotional intelligence in children?
  • How to apply the program in classrooms, with special needs children, as a whole school, and with parental involvement
  • Social skills lessons for children aged 4-6
  • Social skills lessons for children aged 6-8
  • 3 colorful traffic light training posters
STOP THINK DO Social Skills Training: Supplement for middle years of schooling ages 12-15
(Petersen & Lewis, 2004). Features include
  • Social Skills Sessions for young adolescents
  • Teaching specific topics in mainstream curricula
  • How to apply the program with special needs students, with parent collaboration, for peer mediation/mentoring, and to manage student behaviour
Social Savvy: Helping your child fit in
(Petersen, 2002). Features include
  • Teaching parents how to use the STOP THINK DO behaviour management method
  • Teaching parents how to train their children's social skills
  • Also useful for teachers to learn for use in the classroom and schoolyard
STOP and THINK Friendship DVD Package
(Petersen & LeMessurier, 2006). Features include.
  • A humorous, impactful DVD presentation of common social problems
  • Systematic training in the STOP THINK DO steps for solving these problems
  • Related exercises in a Workbook accompanying the DVD
  • A visual resource to supplement the detailed programs in the training manuals
STOP and THINK Learning: A teacher's guide to motivating children to learn including those with special needs
(Petersen, 1995). Features include
  • An extension of STOP THINK DO method to develop academic as well as social skills
  • A Cooperative group learning model for the classroom
  • Individual learning plans for motivating any child, including the child with dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, 'difficult' personality, asperger syndrome (autism spectrum), the gifted underachiever or the slow learner.