Program Description

"Aggression Replacement Training (ART) is a comprehensive intervention curriculum for aggressive youth. Throughout the 30-session intervention, youth will receive social skills traning, anger control training, and increase intervention participant's moral reasoning skills."

Cost

To implement ART, two group facilitators must attend a 5-day, 40 hour training, for which prices are not publicly available. The ART implementation manual can be purchased in English or Spanish for $62.99. A DVD to be played for intervention participants may be purchased for an additional $299.99.

Intended Population

• Intensified intervention

Grade

• Middle School
• High School

Intended Group Size

• Small group

ELL/DLL

• Full

Multisensory Applications

• Yes

Computer-Based Delivery

• None

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Skill Specific

Placement Tests

• No

Accelerated Learning

• No

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Unspecified

Error Correction Built In

• No

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Unspecified

Research Summary

A review of the literature surrounding ART revealed limited evidence for it's efficacy. One study found a moderate reduction in problem behaviors in a large sample adolescents participating in the program. In another study, students made gains in only their knowledge of social skills.

Study Citations

Coleman, M., Pfeiffer, S., & Oakland, T. (1992). Aggression Replacement Training with behaviorally disordered adolescents. Behavioral Disorders, 18(1), 54–66. https://doi.org/10.1177/019874299201800101

Glick, B., & Goldstein, A. P. (1987). Aggression Replacement Training. Journal of Counseling and Development, 65(7), 356–362. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1556-6676.1987.tb00730.x

Nugent, W. R., Bruley, C., & Allen, P. (1998). The effects of Aggression Replacement Training on antisocial behavior in a runaway shelter. Research on Social Work Practice, 8(6), 637–656. https://doi.org/10.1177/104973159800800602

Nugent, W. R., Bruley, C., & Allen, P. (1999). The effects of Aggression Replacement Training on male and female antisocial behavior in a runaway shelter. Research on Social Work Practice, 9(4), 466–482. https://doi.org/10.1177/104973159900900404

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Insufficient evidence

Additional Reviews

• https://epis.psu.edu/ebp/art