The term Faustlos is symbolic of a violent conflict and dealing with emotionally difficult situations and could be translated with „fistless“.

 

The aim of the program is

 

• the omission of physical violence

• to deal fairly with each other

• to do this on a verbal level.

 

The U.S. Second Step program was transmitted by Manfred Cierpka at the University of Heidelberg. Now it contains

 

• age-appropriate content for kindergartens , day care centers and elementary and secondary education.

• conflict situations that need to be acted out

• discussion on the behavior on the basis of images.

 

Key aspects of Faustlos are initially social skills, like the management of feelings or active listening. The fundamental desire is to a establish a constructive solution to the benefit of everyone (win-win strategy). In addition to a training to improve self-perception and the perception of emotions, there is a focus on

 

• body language (facial expressions, gestures, voice)

• the way of thinking about other participants will be sharpened

• the identification, whether someone's behavior is intentionally or accidentally

• the positive effects of Faustlos, which lead to a fundamental strengthening of social skills and the ability to brainstorm.