Anger Management Skills for Children

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This paper discusses the effectiveness of teaching anger management skills to children, particularly in a school setting. The paper begins by discussing the rising trend of violence amongst school age children and the role of the teacher in managing the anger cycle. The paper goes on to the discuss the anger management skills that have been found to be effective with children and their effects.

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"The steps to perceive and controlling anger comprise of (a) learning how to ponder through what started a clash. (b) The manner in which the student reacted and (c) the outcomes of that response. Then the students are taught what is that that sparks their anger and the manner in which to react to those sparks through way of relaxing, pondering regarding more positive things, and reminding themselves to regulate their anger. Thereafter they are imparted to review the manner in which they react to circumstances which make them angry when they apply these techniques and think in a forward manner to review the outcomes to getting angry or regulating their anger applying alternative behaviors. (Teaching Anger Management)"

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Anger Management and Schools" (February, 2001) SDDF Notes. Vol: 1; No: 3. Retrieved from http://www.unf.edu/dept/fie/sdfs/notes/anger.pdf Accessed 31 March, 2006
• Blum, Paul. (2001) "A Teacher's Guide to Anger Management" Routledge Falmer.
• Golden, Bernard. (2003) "Healthy Anger - How to Help Children and Teens Manage Their Anger" Oxford University Press.
• "Helping Young Children Deal with Anger: Guiding Children's Expression of Anger" Retrieved from http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/issues/childsanger.html Accessed 31 March, 2006
• Kazdin, Allan E; Weisz, John R. (2003) "Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents" Guilford Press

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