2022 Revised Edition Building on The Incredible 5-Point Scale, this book takes a narrower look at challenging behavior with a particular focus on behaviors that can spell trouble for adolescents and young adults who have difficulty understanding and maintaining social boundaries. Using a direct and simple style with lots of examples and hands-on activities, 5 Is Against the Law! speaks directly to adolescents and young adults. A section of the book is devoted to how to cope with anxiety before it begins to escalate, or lead to impulsive and unacceptable behavior. Readers are encouraged to think about and create their own behavior on an anxiety scale that applies to their particular emotions and situations.
