Youth Services

Aggression Replacement Training (ART)

In partnership with Sonoma County Juvenile Probation, Circuit Rider offers 10-week sessions of Aggression Replacement Training®  (ART) throughout each year.  ART is a research-based, cognitive-behavioral approach for working with youth. Circuit Rider’s staff are trained and certified in providing ART. ​

ART features three coordinated and integrated components:

  • Social Skills Training—Teaches participants what to do, helping them replace antisocial behaviors with positive alternatives.

  • Anger Control—Teaches participants what not to do, helping them respond to anger in a nonaggressive manner and rethink anger-provoking situations.

  • Moral Reasoning—Helps raise participants' level of fairness, justice, and concern for the needs and rights of others.