Empathy and Social Competence Training

Empathy can be taught, and this practical guide sets out how. Sara Salmon's volume belongs to the Prepare Curriculum Implementation Guides, a series edited by Mark Amendola and Robert Oliver that builds on Arnold P. Goldstein's influential The Prepare Curriculum: Teaching Prosocial Competencies. Its focus is empathy and social competence, offering evidence-based methods for strengthening the social, emotional and decision-making abilities of adolescents and younger children.

Written for practitioners rather than the casual reader, it gives clear direction for putting Prepare methods to work. Teachers, counsellors, youth workers and anyone already using Goldstein's curriculum will find it a sound, usable companion.