TOPIC: Anger Management

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Center Developed Documents, Resources and Tools

Guides to Practice

• Common Psychosocial Problems of School-Age Youth (Guides to Practice)

Introductory Packets

• Violence Prevention and Safe Schools (Introductory Packet)
• Conduct and Behavior Problems in School Aged Youth (Introductory Packet)

Quick Training Aids

• Behavior Problems at School (Quick Training Aid)

Resource Aid Packets

• Responding to Crisis at a School (Resource Aid Packet)

• Anger and Aggression Management Techniques
• Anger in Our Teens and in Ourselves
• Anger Management
• Anger Management Resources
• Anger Management and Schools
• Anger Might Be a Symptom of Depression in Children and Adolescents
• Controlling Anger: Before It Controls You
• Early Identification and Intervention: Anger Management
• Helping Young Children Deal with Anger
• Intermittent Explosive Disorder Affects up to 16 Million Americans
• Lesson Plan: "Managing Anger"
• Managing and Coping with the Angry Child
• Methods for Handling Our Own Aggression/Anger
• A school-based anger management program for developmentally and emotionally disabled high school students
• School Connectedness, Anger Behaviors, and Relationships of Violent and Nonviolent American Youth
• Aggression/Fighting

• Anger and Aggression Management Techniques through the "Think First" Curriculum
• Everyday School Violence: How Disorder Fuels It
• Preventing and Managing Conflict in Schools
• Skills for Living: Group Counseling Activities for Young Adolescents

• Anger Main Page--Controlling the Volcano Within
• Anger Management for Youth Program--School Mediation Center
• Anger Management suggested reading list (angrykids.com)
• Anger Management Services
• Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
• Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution & Conflict Management

• A Preliminary Evaluation of the Colorado "Rethink Parenting" and Anger Management Program.  By, R. J. Fetsch, C. J. Schultz, & J. J. Wahler. In: Child Abuse & Neglect. 1999 Apr. 23 (4): p. 353-360.
• A teacher's guide to anger management. (2001). by Paul Blum. London ; New York : Routledge/Falmer.
• Adolescent Anger-Management Groups for Violence Reduction.  By, E. L. Feindler, & M. Scalley. In: Karen Callan Stoiber, Ed; Thomas R. Kratochwill, Ed; et al. Handbook of group intervention for children and families. Allyn & Bacon, Inc: Boston, MA, USA, 1998. p. 100-119.
• Anger Management: A Holistic Approach.  By, B. Dunbar.  In: Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 10(1), 16-23.
• Anger Management: Diagnostic Differences And Treatment Implications. (2004). By, H.C. Lench.  In: Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology , Aug; 23(4):512-531.
• Anger Management: The complete treatment guidebook for practitioners. (2002). By, H. Kassinove, R.C. Tafrate. In: The practical therapist series. Atascadero, CA, US: Impact Publishers Inc.
• Anger management for youths: What works and for whom? By, D.C. Smith, J.D. Larson, B. DeBaryshe, & M. Salzman. In: D.S. Sandhu, C.B. Aspy. (2000). Violence in American schools: A practical guide for counselors. Alexandria, VA, US: American Counseling Association. p.217-230. 81-90.
• Anger management in schools: alternatives to student violence. (2002). By Jerry Wilde. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press.
• Anger management training for children: A group approach. (2004). By, D.G. Nemeth, K.P. Ray, & M.M. Schexnayder. In: L. Vander Creek. School of Professional Psychology; et al. Innovations in clinical practice: A source book. Sarasota, FL, US: Professional Resource Press/Professional Resource Exchange, Inc. 99-122.
• Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Anger.  By, J. Tanaka-Matsumi.  In: Howard Kassinove, Ed; et al. Anger disorders: Definition, diagnosis, and treatment. Taylor & Francis: Washington, DC, USA, 1995. p. 81-90.
• Increasing anger log use during school among middle school students with emotional/behavioral disorders. By M. H. Kellner, L. Colletti, B. H. Bry. (2003). In: Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 25(3), 7-21.
• Is anger a thing-to-be-managed?  By, A. E. Roffman.  In: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 41(2), 161-171.
• Principles of empirically supported interventions applied to anger management. (2002). By, J.L. Deffenbacher, E.R. Oetting, R.A. DiGiuseppe. In: Counseling Psychologist. 30(2). 262-280.
• Promoting emotional literacy: Anger management groups.  By, P. Sharp, E. Herrick.  In: N. Barwick. (2000). Clinical counseling in schools. Clinical counseling in context. New York, NY, US: Routledge. 81-90.
• Teaching anger management skills to students with severe emotional or behavioral disorders. (2002). By, M. H. Kellner, L. Colletti, B. H. Bry. In: Behavioral Disorders. 27(4). 400-407.
• Use of play therapy for anger management in the school setting. By, B.A. Fischetti. In: A.A. Drews, L.J. Casey, et al. (2001) School-based play therapy. New York, NY, US: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Press/Professional Resource Exchange, Inc. 238-255.