Hot Stuff to Help Kids Chill Out: The Anger Management Book

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Summary: Hot Stuff to Help Kids Chill Out
Review: This book was an excellent resource because it was a tool that both child and parent could work on together. We would read sections together and then talk about examples that pertained to our own situation and how we could handle them in a different manner. Several ideas/solutions are given in the book on how to handle anger at the child's point of view. My son is ten and using this book and counseling has helped a great deal. My son told me that the "red book" helped him. I've noticed a big improvement.

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Summary: I Wanted To Like This More, But....
Review: This book was difficult to use with elementary age children, especially those who are K-4th grade. Some of the sarchastic humor and tongue-in-cheek humor was very tough for younger children and/or kids with lower intellectual functioning. When I tried to use this several times with kids; the concepts did not engage them and seemed to go above their heads. I would also like this book more if it was sectioned off in short activities and lessons.
Although I do not have any teenage clients at this time; I imagine that this book would work very well with adolescents. I will continue to try and use this book, however. It may just be my current caseload that is not responding....