Grades: PK - 5
Contact: Myrna B. Shure
Dept. of Psychiatry, Drexel University
245 N. 15th Street, MS 626
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Publisher: Research Press
Publisher Phone: 800/519-2707
I Can Problem Solve (ICPS) is an interpersonal problem-solving curriculum
with 59-83 lessons per year designed to prevent anti-social behaviors and help
children acquire the skills to generate solutions to everyday problems, consider
others’ points of view and possible consequences to an act, and arrive at
nonviolent solutions to conflict.
ICPS serves as an effective violence prevention program by helping children
think of nonviolent ways to solve everyday problems.
ICPS teaches children how to think, not what to think. It is a self-contained program that
involves the use of games, stories, puppets, and role plays to make learning
enjoyable. Each lesson contains a teacher script, reproducible illustrations,
and a list of readily available materials.
CASEL,
Strength, 2002
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention,
Promising Program
US DOE Expert Panel,
Promising Program