The Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) curriculum aims to enhance social and emotional competence and understanding in children, as well as to develop a caring, prosocial context that facilitates educational processes in the classroom. The curriculum consists of 119 lessons. An optional readiness and self-control unit contains an additional 12 lessons. The manual explains the rationale for using such a curriculum; summarizes the goals, procedures, lessons, and generalization strategies for each of the four PATHS units; and discusses alternative strategies relating to the scope and sequence most appropriate for a particular classroom. Further sections provide practical guidelines on instructional issues, materials, arranging the classroom, establishing basic rules for behavior and participation, activities, and preparation for each lesson. Classroom materials, forms, and annotated resource lists