Table of Contents

Introduction
Key Concepts
The Anger Rules
Especially for Parents and Caregivers
Building Children's Self Esteem
What Can Adults Do When A Child is Angry?
A One-to-One Anger Management Program
Troubleshooting
Especially for Teachers
Curriculum Integration
Running a Staff Meeting About Anger
Bibliography

Lesson 1: A VOLCANO IN MY TUMMY
Worksheet: Do You Have A Volcano In Your Tummy or Explosions In Your Head?

Lesson 2: BOTTLING ANGER
Worksheet: Bottling Anger

Lesson 3: ARE YOU A VOLCANO?
Worksheet: Are You a Volcano?

Lesson 4: THE ANGER RULES

Lesson 5: DIRTY ANGER / CLEAN ANGER
Worksheet: Clean Anger is Healthy

Lesson 6: CRAIG`S ANGRY DAY

Lesson 7: THE INSIDE STORY

Lesson 8: TECHNOPARENT
Worksheet: Technoparent

Lesson 9: TIME OUT
Worksheet: Time Out

Lesson 10: SAFE WAYS OF GETTING ANGRY
Worksheet: Safe Ways of Getting Angry

CREATIVE ANGER

TENSION SCALE
Worksheet: What Lit the Fuse?

MAGIC
Worksheet: Want Some Magic to Help You?

ROLE PLAYING
Role Playing Scenarios

THE FOUR LEVELS OF MUSCLE
Worksheet: Using Your Muscles

SHIELDS
Worksheet: Shields

KALMIC AND THE ANGRY ALIEN
Worksheet: Debrief

COLD WATER WORDS
Worksheets: Cold Water Words

GRUDGE JAR

ANGER VOCABULARY
Worksheet: Word Search One
Worksheet: Word Search Two
Worksheet: Crossword
Solutions

SWEARING
Worksheet: What Do You Do When You Want To Swear?

PROBLEM SOLVING
Worksheet: Play Your Own Problem Solving Video

AGGROSCENARIO!
Worksheet: Aggroscenario

ANGER IN THE WORLD

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Worksheet: We Can Make a Difference

About the Author

Elaine Whitehouse is a teacher, family court and private psychotherapist, mother of two and leader of parenting skills workshops for eight years. Warwick Pudney is a teacher and counsellor with ten years experience facilitating anger management, abuser therapy and men's change groups, as well as being a father of three. Both regularly conduct workshops.

Reviews

"This is a wonderful book about anger. We need as many new and creative approaches to handling anger as we can find. A Volcano in my Tummy is full of useful ways for teachers and caregivers to help young people learn safe and effective means of responding anger nonviolently."
-- Priscilla Prutzman, co-author The Friendly Classroom for a Small Planet and co-founder of Children's Creative Response to Conflict, based in New York.