Operation Aware Presents:   The Second Step Program: A Violence Prevention Curriculum © Committee for Children, Seattle, WA.    All Operation Aware Prevention Educators are fully certified in the Second Step Program, an award-winning  integration of academics with social and emotional learning. We offer the eight-week program in 20-30 minute sessions for pre-K through 3rd grades and 40-45 minute sessions for 4th and 5th grades.  Children learn and practice important skills, such as anger management, cooperation, respectful behavior, and problem solving.  These skills help decrease students' negative and violent behaviors - fighting, name-calling, and sterotyping - helping to return the focus of classroom time to where it belongs: learning.  Children also learn to recognize and respect people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and ethnicities.  These essential life skills will help students in the classroom, on the playground, and at home.  Below Miss Mindy leads a discussion about expressing your feelings and understanding the feelings of others.   If you have any questions about scheduling classes please contact us directly at:   Contact Us!       Operation Aware of Oklahoma  7226 E. 41st Street Tulsa, OK 74145 Executive Director Martha Desmond Community Relations Director         Mercedes Millberry   Phone 918-582-7884 Fax 918-582-7886 Manager of Curriculum & Instruction Mackenzie Staples Manager of Program Operations Wes Pebsworth Office Manager Susan Morales    Classes are currently booked through the end of the 2008-09 Academic Year. Contact us for information about the 2009-10 Academic Year.                   Committee for Children