A Volcano in My Tummy: Helping Children to Handle Anger

by Eliane Whitehouse, Warwick Pudney

Overview

A Volcano in My Tummy: Helping Children to Handle Anger presents a clear and effective approach to helping children and adults alike understand and deal constructively with children's anger. Using easy to understand yet rarely taught skills for anger management, including how to teach communication of emotions, A Volcano in My Tummy offers engaging, well-organized activities which help to overcome the fear of children's anger which many adult care-givers experience. By carefully distinguishing between anger the feeling, and violence the behavior, this accessible little book, primarily created for ages 6 to thirteen, helps to create an awareness of anger, enabling children to relate creatively and harmoniously at critical stages in their development.

Through activities, stories, articles, and games designed to allow a multi-subject, developmental approach to the topic at home and in school, A Volcano in My Tummy gives us the tools we need to put aside our problems with this all-too-often destructive emotion, and to have fun while we're at it.

Elaine Whitehouse is a teacher, family court and private psychotherapist, mother of two and leader of parenting skills workshops for eight years. Warwick Pudney is a teacher and counsellor with ten years experience facilitating anger management, abuser therapy and men's change groups, as well as being a father of three. Both regularly conduct workshops.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781771423557
Publisher:	New Society Publishers
Publication date:	01/01/1996
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	80
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Eliane Whitehouse is a counselor and psychotherapist who runs courses on "Happier Parenting", anger, human development, self-esteem, communication and eating problems.

Warwick Pudney works with men and boys in the fields of anger, gender relations and fatherhood. His passion is to help men live more creative lives and to facilitate social change.

Eliane Whitehouse is a counselor and psychotherapist who runs courses on "Happier Parenting", anger, human development, self-esteem, communication and eating problems.

Warwick Pudney works with men and boys in the fields of anger, gender relations and fatherhood. His passion is to help men live more creative lives and to facilitate social change.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Key Concepts
The Anger Rules
Especially for Parents and Caregivers
Building Children's Self Esteem
What Can Adults Do When A Child is Angry?
A One-to-One Anger Management Program
Troubleshooting
Especially for Teachers
Curriculum Integration
Running a Staff Meeting About Anger
Bibliography

Lessons

Lesson 1: A VOLCANO IN MY TUMMY
Worksheet: Do You Have A Volcano In Your Tummy or Explosions In Your Head?

Lesson 2: BOTTLING ANGER
Worksheet: Bottling Anger

Lesson 3: ARE YOU A VOLCANO?
Worksheet: Are You a Volcano?

Lesson 4: THE ANGER RULES

Lesson 5: DIRTY ANGER / CLEAN ANGER
Worksheet: Clean Anger is Healthy

Lesson 6: CRAIG'S ANGRY DAY

Lesson 7: THE INSIDE STORY

Lesson 8: TECHNOPARENT
Worksheet: Technoparent

Lesson 9: TIME OUT
Worksheet: Time Out

Lesson 10: SAFE WAYS OF GETTING ANGRY
Worksheet: Safe Ways of Getting Angry

CREATIVE ANGER

TENSION SCALE
Worksheet: What Lit the Fuse?

MAGIC
Worksheet: Want Some Magic to Help You?

ROLE PLAYING
Role Playing Scenarios

THE FOUR LEVELS OF MUSCLE
Worksheet: Using Your Muscles

SHIELDS
Worksheet: Shields

KALMIC AND THE ANGRY ALIEN
Worksheet: Debrief

COLD WATER WORDS
Worksheets: Cold Water Words

GRUDGE JAR

ANGER VOCABULARY
Worksheet: Word Search One
Worksheet: Word Search Two
Worksheet: Crossword
Solutions

SWEARING
Worksheet: What Do You Do When You Want To Swear?

PROBLEM SOLVING
Worksheet: Play Your Own Problem Solving Video

AGGROSCENARIO!
Worksheet: Aggroscenario

ANGER IN THE WORLD

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Worksheet: We Can Make a Difference

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"This is a wonderful book about anger. We need as many new and creative approaches to handling anger as we can find. A Volcano in my Tummy is full of useful ways for teachers and caregivers to help young people learn safe and effective means of responding anger nonviolently."
— Priscilla Prutzman, co-author The Friendly Classroom for a Small Planet and co-founder of Children's Creative Response to Conflict, based in New York.

Editorial Reviews

"This is a wonderful book about anger. We need as many new and creative approaches to handling anger as we can find. A Volcano in my Tummy is full of useful ways for teachers and caregivers to help young people learn safe and effective means of responding anger nonviolently."
— Priscilla Prutzman, co-author The Friendly Classroom for a Small Planet and co-founder of Children's Creative Response to Conflict, based in New York.

From the Publisher