Anger Management Comprehensive Curriculum

Rating:
Summary: Hardly Comprehensive
Review: This book contains a few pages (just over 20) on anger management for children and teens--hardly the "comprehensive curriculum" the title promises. It's not bad, as far as it goes, but at [$$$]/page it's grossly overpriced! The 20 pages include a "poster" (8 1/2 x 11, which copyright forbids blowing up to a larger size) and a number of worksheets. Mighty slim pickings.

As an experienced teacher of anger management, I've developed a strong curriculum for a 10 week class series (well over 100 pages of class notes, nearly 20 pages of handouts and exercises). I found some ideas in this book I could incorporate into my work--but I was extremely disappointed at how little material it includes.

On the positive side, there is enough material here to teach children and teens about how to manage their anger. The authors have worked hard to incorporate learning activities that instruct different modalities (visual, verbal, aural, kinesthetic, etc.). A creative teacher could use this material effectively. I'm not overly impressed, but if you have to teach an anger management class to children or teens, it's better than having nothing.