About the program
Understanding Anger
Helping children understand and manage anger (Activities for children)
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Why children struggle to understand and manage anger (essential reading)
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Step 1: Identifying anger (video and no prep printable activity for children) (3:12)
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Step 2: Discovering what makes you angry (video and no prep printable activity for children) (3:21)
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Step 3: Identifying happy (story and no prep printable activity for children)
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Step 4.1: Communicating your feelings - Using Emotional Vocabulary (some prep printable word cards)
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Step 4.2: Communicating your feelings - Using Elephant Lollipop Sticks (some prep printable art activity)
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Step 4.3: Communicating your feelings - Using the Regulation Chart (printable chart, some prep needed)
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Step 5: IMPORTANT - Learning to Manage Anger (some prep needed)
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Practice - Anger Story and Activities (printable - prep needed for some activities)
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Practice - Online Games (no prep)
Supporting sensory sensitivities and differences
Identify the why
Reduce Anxiety
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How uncertainty causes anxiety & stress which causes anger (essential reading)
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Now/Next/Then (essential reading)
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How to use the Now/Next/Then approach (essential reading)
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Download - Now/Next/Then Boards (printable, some prep needed)
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Visual Schedules (essential reading)
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How to use visual schedules (essential reading)
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Download - Visual Schedule Background (printable, some prep needed)
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Download - Cards for Now/Next/Then and Visual Schedule (printable, some prep needed)
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Timers (essential reading)
Increase feeling of control and responsibility
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Why a feeling of control and responsibility is important (essential reading)
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Comic Book Mystery (essential reading)
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How to use the Comic Book Mystery (essential reading)
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Download - Comic Book Mystery (printable, no prep)
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Choice Boards (essential reading)
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How to use choice boards (essential reading)
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Download - Choice Boards (printable, some prep needed)
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Expectation Contracts (essential reading)
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How to use expectation contracts (essential reading)
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Download - Expectation Contracts (printable, no prep)
During and after escalations
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Bonus Content
References and further reading
