Anger Management and Violence Prevention: A Group Activities Manual for Middle and High School Students

• NCJ Number: 188382
• Author(s): Teresa M. Schmidt
• Date Published: 1998
• Length: 220 pages
• Sale Source: Hazelden Educational Materials
• Publication Format: Book (Softbound)
• Publication Type: Training (Handbook/Manual)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This manual was developed to assist professionals in the intervention with at-risk adolescents. It provides practical and creative ways to help adolescents clarify their views on violence and look at their own protective risk factors.

Abstract

This group activity manual is targeted for the adolescent who has risk factors on any four ecological levels: personal, family, social, and societal levels. An adolescent involved in an anger management and violence prevention group is a teen who is a frequent visitor to the office for aggressive behavior; the student who confides that her father physically assaulted her mother; or a boy who worries about being considered a wimp if he practices non-violence in his life. The intent is to increase the protective factors, the positive tools for living that adolescents possess. Professionals want to increase the protective buffers that adolescents have in their environments, help them develop skills to deal with their anger in positive ways and deal with the stresses of their families, help them be a part of the social support system, and help change cultural values so that violence is not condoned in society. Part One of the manual offers guidelines and materials to help initiate and implement a support group program in a school or agency. Part Two contains materials to assist in understanding current theories on adolescent development, facts, and theories about violence and family violence, and the effects of family violence on children, especially adolescents. Part Three contains the complete group guide for leading an Anger Management and Violence Prevention group. Part Four provides support materials, a list of references and supplementary readings, and a list of important resources. The manual teaches adolescents concrete problem-solving skills to use in anger situations. It helps teens correct misconceptions about family violence and solve problems in both peer and family relationships. Adolescents are encouraged to adopt the value that violence is not acceptable. References, resources