Helping Schoolchildren Cope with Anger A Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention

This invaluable guide presents all of the information and clinical tools needed to implement the Anger Coping Program, an empirically supported intervention for students in grades 3-6. Practitioners are taken step by step through setting up treatment groups, teaching vital skills for reducing aggression and disruptive behavior, and building strong partnerships with teachers and parents. Many practical suggestions are provided for adapting the program to different settings and optimizing student outcomes. In a large-size format with lay-flat binding to facilitate photocopying, the book includes reproducible handouts, forms, and parent letters (in English and Spanish). New to this edition: redesigned to be even more practitioner friendly chapters on integrating the Anger Coping Program with schoolwide RTI and positive behavioral supports, intervening with girls and with culturally diverse students, and working with individuals instead of groups several new reproducibles, including a classroom progress monitoring report.This book will be invaluable to school psychologists, counselors, social workers and graduate students in these areas. It will also serve as a supplemental text in graduate-level courses.

Jim Larson, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the School Psychology Program at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. He is also a member of the Scientific Board of the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment, headquartered in Miami, Florida. Formerly a school psychologist with the Milwaukee Public Schools and the lead psychologist in the school system\u2019s Violence Prevention Program, Dr. Larson\u2019s major research interests are the treatment of anger and aggression in children and youth and programming for the prevention of school violence. John E. Lochman, PhD, ABPP, is Professor and Doddridge Saxon Chair of Clinical Psychology at the University of Alabama and Director of the University\u2019s Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems. Dr. Lochman has conducted extensive research and published widely on family, peer, and neighborhood risk factors; social-cognitive processes; and intervention and prevention with aggressive children. He is the recipient of awards including the International Collaborative Prevention Research Award from the Society for Prevention Research, and is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.

1. The Development of Aggression 2. The Empirical Foundation for a Developmental Model of Aggressive Children’s Social-Cognitive and Emotional Difficulties 3. The Role of Anger Management Training in a Comprehensive School Program of Positive Behavioral Supports 4. Getting Started with the Anger Coping Program: Group Leaders, Screening, and Identification 5. Generalization and the Role of the Classroom Teacher 6. Preparing for the First Meeting: Procedures to Implement and Pitfalls to Avoid 7. Outcome Research Results for the Anger Coping Program and the Coping Power Program 8. The Anger Coping Program Manual 9. Considerations When Treating Girls and Treating Children from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds 10. Possible Negative Group Effects and Alternative Use as an Individual Format 11. Case Example 12. Frequently Asked Questions 13. Afterword Appendices: A. Anger Coping Program Teacher Nomination Form B. Anger Coping Program Teacher Screening Scale C. Classroom Goals Interview D. Anger Coping Agreement E. Anger Coping Program Classroom Generalization Inservice Guide F. My Goal Sheet G. Goal Attainment Scaling Form H. Sample Parental Consent Letter I. Anger Coping Program Initial Checklist J. Hassle Log K. Anger Coping Program Parent Letters L. Sample Parental Consent Letter and Anger Coping Program Parent Letters—Spanish Versions M. Anger Coping Program Classroom Progress Monitoring Report (CPMR) N. Anger Coping Program Intervention Integrity Checklists O. Stimulus Pictures Recommended Further Reading