Second Step

Second Step for Preschoolers is a curriculum designed to reduce impulsive and aggressive behavior in young children and increase their level of social competence. It does this by teaching skills in empathy, impulse control and anger management.

The goal of this program is to build children’s social skills and self-esteem by giving them tools to solve everyday problems. Children who learn and use the skills presented in this program are more likely to get along with other people and do better in school.

Skills and lessons in the program include:

Empathy Training

Children learn to,

identify feelings (happy, mad, scared, and so on)
predict how other people feel (by reading faces and body language)
show others they care (by responding to others’ feelings)

Impulse Control

Children learn to,

solve problems
perform social skills (for example, sharing, taking turns)

Anger Management

Children learn to,

calm down
redirect their feelings in more positive ways

For more information on Second Step for Preschoolers, please contact,

Committee for Children
172 20th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
(800) 634-4449
(206) 322-5050