Effective Anger Management Strategies for Students and Counselors

1. Anger Managementhttp://www.angelfire.com/planet/cgallagher/Chris GallagherCoun 511March 20, 2007

2. Content by Slide (hyperlinked) • Title Page • Introduction • Detailed Findings • Drawing • Findings: Site 1 • Findings: Site 2 • Findings: Site 3 • Findings: Site 4 • Findings: Site 5 • Conclusion • Closing • Additional Resources

3. Introduction • Increase of violence in society and schools • School District Codes of Conduct have been amended • Increase in suspensions • Violence in video games, movies, and music videos • Aggression and anger are the “normal” response • 5 sites geared to help students manage anger effectively

4. Detailed Findings • American Psychological Association • http://www.apa.org/topics/controlanger.html • Conflict Resolution Lesson Plans • http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/health/conflict/ • Anger Management: Get Your Angries Out • http://www.angriesout.com/index.htm#teachers • Coping With Anger • http://www.coping.org/anger/content.htm • TeensHealth: How Can I Deal With My Anger? • http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/question/emotions/deal_with_anger.html

5. Drawing

6. American Psychological Association • http://www.apa.org/topics/controlanger.html • Target Audience: Counselors • Key Features: • Informative site • Defines anger as “An emotional state that varies in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and rage.” • Normal emotion but must be expressed appropriately • Provides strategies for anger management

7. American Psychological Association (cont.) • Anger Management—goal is to reduce emotional and physiological arousal caused by anger • Strategies to deal with anger: • Relaxation • Cognitive Restructuring • Problem Solving • Better Communication • Using Humor • Changing Your Environment

8. Conflict Resolution Lesson Plans • http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/health/conflict/ • Target Audience: Counselors and Teachers • Key Features: • Lessons help teach conflict resolution strategies • Lessons assist students with anger management • Teaches students to make positive decisions during conflict based on a variety of strategies

9. Conflict Resolution Lesson Plans (cont.) • Key Features (continued): • Lesson plans to be used: • By teachers or counselors to target a specific class or grade level • By counselors as part of a group counseling program based on conflict resolution or anger management

10. Conflict Resolution Lesson Plans (cont.) • Key Features (continued): • Sample lesson plan titles include: • Acting Out Conflict—teaches a problem solving technique for resolving conflict • What About Fighting?—Explores pros/cons of using violence to resolve conflicts • Many Ways to Resolve Conflict—Teaches a range of possible conflict resolution techniques

11. Get Your Angries Out! • http://www.angriesout.com/index.htm#teachers • Target Audience: Parents, Counselors, Teachers, and Students • Key Features: • Informative links for adults working with children • Tips for working with students with anger problems • Interactive links for primary students to learn and practice anger management skills

12. Get Your Angries Out! (cont.) • Some interactive links include: • What Lies Under Your Anger? • Sailing Through the Icy Fields of Anger • Squeeze Your Angries Out • Bounce Back Kid • It's Not Okay To Feel Good by Making Others Feel Bad

13. Coping with Anger • http://www.coping.org/anger/content.htm • Target Audience: Counselors & Secondary Students • Key Features: • Various coping skills are explored, which include the following layout: • Definition or explanation of the issue • Discussion of the possible cause(s) • Common thoughts and feelings • Appropriate ways of handling the thoughts and feelings

14. Coping with Anger (cont.) • Coping skills related to anger: • Handling Blocks to Anger • Overcoming Hatred • Handling Resentment • Eliminating Revenge • Eliminating Rage • Stop Self-Destructive Anger Responses • Handling Irritations • Eliminating Passive Aggressiveness • Handling Confrontation

15. TeensHealth • http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/question/emotions/deal_with_anger.html • Target Audience: Secondary Students & Counselors • Key Features: • Informative site designed for teens • Based on the foundation of using self-awareness and self-control to manage anger • Realistic examples of what triggers teen anger

16. TeensHealth (cont.) • Key Features (continued): • 5 step approach to managing anger: • Tuning into your anger (self-awareness) • Stopping and thinking (self-control) • Considering your options (thinking it through) • Making a decision (picking one of your options) • Checking your progress

17. TeensHealth (cont.) • Key Features (continued): • Alternative Ways of Managing Anger: • Exercise • Listen to music • Write down your thoughts and emotions • Draw • Meditate or practice deep breathing • Talk about your feelings with someone you trust • Distract yourself—watch T.V., read, go to the movies, etc.

18. Conclusion • Sites all include valuable information regarding anger management • Conflict Resolution Lesson Plans would be most useful for teachers and counselors • Get Your Angries Out interactive links would be best for students in the primary grades • Coping With Anger would be best utilized by counselors and secondary students • TeensHealth is designed for teens dealing with anger issues

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20. Additional Resources • Research Paper • Internet Address Book • OCR Scan