Violence Prevention

Violence prevention through Michigan State University Extension focuses on intervention programs where people live, learn and grow. Programs focus on changing negative beliefs and attitudes that support violence and aim to build social competencies and relationships across differences to find healthy alternatives to negative behavior.

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• What is a healthy relationship?

  May 19, 2013 | Tracie Abram | Healthy Relationships take effort and knowing ones “love language” can help.

• Feeling good about yourself

  May 19, 2013 | Terry Jones | Feeling good about yourself begins by recognizing your strengths.

• HOT TOPICForgiving and letting go; tough to do but the benefits are many

  May 15, 2013 | Gail Innis | Holding onto anger can keep you stuck in the past. Forgiveness can help you move forward to a better future.

• Anger management course available online

  May 14, 2013 | Suzanne Pish | Michigan State University Extension has an online anger management course available called RELAX: Alternatives to Anger.

• HOT TOPICReducing stress – a look at the top reported coping strategies among adults

  May 8, 2013 | Lisa Tams | Experiencing stress is a normal part of life. Everyone will experience it at some time in their life. It’s how we cope with it that can make the difference between being happy and fulfilled or unhappy and unhealthy.

• HOT TOPICForgiveness is linked to better mental and physical health

  May 7, 2013 | Carolyn Penniman | Research has shown a powerful connection between forgiving others and our own wellbeing.

• Diet, exercise and bullying

  May 7, 2013 | Carolyn Foster | Nutrition and diet impacts on bullying behaviors.

• HOT TOPICVerbal abuse is more than name calling

  May 5, 2013 | Karen Pace | Verbally abusive relationships can include subtle (and not so subtle) abuses of power.

• Strategies to resolving conflicts in the workplace

  April 21, 2013 | Jodi Schulz | Have you ever experienced conflict in the workplace? Regardless of the reason the conflict occurs; it’s likely that the parties involved still need to come to work; therefore making workplace conflict essential to overcome.

• Adults can support the positive mental health of adolescents

  April 14, 2013 | Karen Pace | Caring adults can help young people develop the resiliency needed to cope with life challenges.

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