SmartHelp for Good 'n' Angry Kids: Teaching Children to Manage Anger - Softcover

Jacobelli, Frank; Watson, Lynn Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470758023 ISBN 13: 9780470758021

Publisher: Wiley, 2009

Synopsis

SmartHelp for Good ‘n’ Angry Kids provides the reader with an innovative tool for determining a child’s individual learning strengths, and for pairing this information with specific, carefully crafted activities that teach the child about anger and its appropriate expression.

• Provides innovative tools for identifying each child's individual learning strengths
• Includes Personalized Learning – providing primary, secondary and tertiary techniques to suit your child
• A vital supplement to standard psychotherapeutic approaches such as play therapy, cognitive behavioural, family therapy and traditional anger management techniques

About this title

About the Author

Frank Jacobelli has worked as Clinical Coordinator for Enki Health and Research Systems in California, USA, for the past 15 years and, while there, has implemented a successful school-based mental health program in a rural school district with a high percentage of children at risk. He also provides instruction in Crisis Intervention at Western Nevada College, USA.

Lynn Ann Watson holds a lifetime teaching and special education credential with certificates in special day class, learning disabilities, and resource services. She was an active member of the Board of Directors for the International Inter-Agency Alliance for Children, which was instrumental in the passage and implementation of Public Law 99-457, which focused on more and better services for young special needs children and their families.

From the Back Cover

SmartHelp is a unique approach which utilizes a child’s learning strengths and draws on the most up-to-date brain-behavior research findings. SmartHelp for Good ‘n’ Angry Kids provides the reader with an innovative tool for determining a child’s individual learning strengths, and for pairing this information with specific, carefully crafted activities that teach the child about anger and its appropriate expression.

The book features workbook activities divided into the eight individual learning styles: Logical-Mathematical, Bodily-Kinaesthetic, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Musical-Rhythmic, Visual-Spatial, Verbal-Linguistic, and Naturalist.

Each activity is then divided into three crucial areas for successfully managing angry behavior: cognitive, affective, and behavioral.

SmartHelp is a vital supplement to standard psychotherapeutic approaches such as play therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral therapy, family therapy and traditional anger-management techniques.

The book features workbook activities divided into the eight individual learning styles: Logical-Mathematical, Bodily-Kinaesthetic, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Musical-Rhythmic, Visual-Spatial, Verbal-Linguistic, and Naturalist.

Each activity is then divided into three crucial areas for successfully managing angry behavior: cognitive, affective, and behavioral.

SmartHelp is a vital supplement to standard psychotherapeutic approaches such as play therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral therapy, family therapy and traditional anger-management techniques.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470758023
• ISBN 13: 9780470758021
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 222