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. 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.
1. The Development of Aggression2. The Empirical Foundation for a Developmental Model of Aggressive Children's Social-Cognitive and Emotional Difficulties3. The Role of Anger Management Training in a Comprehensive School Program of Positive Behavioral Supports4. Getting Started with the Anger Coping Program: Group Leaders, Screening, and Identification5. Generalization and the Role of the Classroom Teacher6. Preparing for the First Meeting: Procedures to Implement and Pitfalls to Avoid7. Outcome Research Results for the Anger Coping Program and the Coping Power Program8. The Anger Coping Program Manual9. Considerations When Treating Girls and Treating Children from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds10. Possible Negative Group Effects and Alternative Use as an Individual Format11. Case Example12. Frequently Asked Questions13. AfterwordAppendices:A. Anger Coping Program Teacher Nomination FormB. Anger Coping Program Teacher Screening ScaleC. Classroom Goals InterviewD. Anger Coping AgreementE. Anger Coping Program Classroom Generalization Inservice GuideF. My Goal SheetG. Goal Attainment Scaling FormH. Sample Parental Consent LetterI. Anger Coping Program Initial ChecklistJ. Hassle LogK. Anger Coping Program Parent LettersL. Sample Parental Consent Letter and Anger Coping Program Parent Letters-Spanish VersionsM. Anger Coping Program Classroom Progress Monitoring Report (CPMR)N. Anger Coping Program Intervention Integrity ChecklistsO. Stimulus PicturesRecommended Further Reading
