This anger management programme draws on research about the development of emotional and social intelligence which indicates that a well-balanced and emotionally mature individual will be capable of greater academic achievement since they are not psychologically involved with inner tensions and emotional turmoil.
To achieve emotional maturity this programme teaches:
Central to the programme is how to deal with angry outbursts – known as ‘emotional hijacks’ – when the brain floods with chemicals and all rational thought becomes impossible. It includes ‘pre-emotional hijacks’ where biochemicals such as adrenaline and flight-or-fight hormones start to kick in, right through to the ‘post-emotional hijacks’.
This resource is broken down into eleven session plans:
Each session plan details the aim, resources required, method, time to allocate and is accompanied by reproducible student and teacher sheets.
Introduction
Suggested Ways in Which to Use the Session Plans
Session Plan 1 - Feelings Focus 1
Session Plan 2 - Feelings Focus 2
Session Plan 3 - Different Kinds of Anger
Session Plan 4 - What I Get Angry About
Session Plan 5 - What I Can do When my Anger is Building up
Session Plan 6 - When I Talk to Myself
Session Plan 7 - Melt Down 1
Session Plan 8 - Melt Down 2
Session Plan 9 - After the Storm
Session Plan 10 - Making ‘I’ Statements
Session Plan 11 - Rules for Myself