Anger Management Games For Children

✍ Scribed by Deborah M. Plummer

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 163
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This practical handbook helps adults to understand, manage and reflect constructively on children's anger. Featuring a wealth of familiar and easy-to-learn game, it is designed to foster successful anger management strategies for children aged 5-12.This book covers the theory behind the games in accessible language, and includes a broad range of enjoyable activities: active and passive, verbal and non-verbal, and for different sized groups. The games address issues that might arise in age-specific situations such as sharing a toy or facing peer pressure. They also encourage children to approach their emotions as a way to facilitate personal growth and healthy relationships.This is an ideal resource for teachers, parents, carers and all those working with anger management in children.

✦ Table of Contents

FRONT COVER
......Page 1
Anger Management
Games
for Children......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Part One
Theoretical and practical
background......Page 11
1. Introduction......Page 13
2. Understanding anger......Page 19
3. Why use games to support healthy anger management?......Page 29
4. Structuring the emotional environment......Page 37
5. When a child is already angry......Page 45
6. Self-reflection and self-care......Page 49
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 52
REFERENCES......Page 53
Part Two
Games for anger management......Page 55
7. Non-competitive ways to choose groups and group leaders......Page 57
8. Warm-ups and ice-breakers......Page 59
9. Lighting the fuse: exploring anger and triggers to anger......Page 71
10. When I’m angry: responses and consequences......Page 79
11. You and me: empathy......Page 89
12. You and me together: respect, cooperation and negotiation......Page 99
13. In the driving seat: being in control, managing stress and tolerating frustration......Page 113
14. Got it! Problem-solving......Page 129
15. Off we go! Setting goals and being prepared......Page 137
16. Wind-downs and celebrations......Page 145
USEFUL RESOURCES......Page 155
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 157
AUTHOR INDEX......Page 159
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 161
BACK COVER......Page 163