The Red Beast Anger Workbook: For All Children Who Want to Tame Their Red Beast Including Those on the Autism Spectrum

by Kay Al-Ghani, Sue Larkey, Haitham Al-Ghani (Illustrator)

Overview

This illustrated and interactive workbook will help children find ways to calm their Red Beast and learn how to prevent it from waking in the first place. Full of practical activities and illustrated examples, it supports the development of emotional and sensory regulation and provides coping mechanisms for children who experience intense emotional flooding or meltdowns as well.
The workbook includes a helpful introduction for adults on the science of self-regulation, clear guidance on how to pace the learning and a wide range of activities such as scenarios to help children explore their anger, anger management plans, and exercises that encourage interoceptive awareness. It also addresses common causes of anger including perfectionism, winning and losing and discusses the importance of a positive attitude and using kind words in a child-friendly way.
Join Danni and his friends and family as they explore the challenges they face from the Red Beast and how they overcome them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781839974151
Publisher:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date:	05/18/2023
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,033,012
Product dimensions:	6.77(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.55(d)
Age Range:	5 - 10 Years

About the Author

Kay Al-Ghani (Author)
K.I.Al-Ghani is a specialist advisory teacher and international author. She is currently a lecturer at the University of Brighton, delivering their PGCert Autism. She has worked in both mainstream and special schools and trained professionals, parents and caregivers, in all aspects of ASD. She has spoken at many conferences, including those organised by the NAS. As an author and mother of a son with ASD, she has spent over 30 years researching the enigma that is autism.

Sue Larkey (Author)
Sue Larkey has taught as a primary school teacher and as a special education teacher teaching students with ASD in both a mainstream and a specialist autism school. She combines this practical experience with extensive research, having completed a Masters in Special Education and currently undertaking a Doctorate in Education. Sue has an Internationally Top Rated Podcast with over 1 Million Downloads (The Sue Larkey Podcast) and a following of over 120,000 in her Facebook Community (Sue Larkey Teacher).

Haitham Al-Ghani (Illustrator)
Haitham-Al-Ghani is a talented book illustrator and cartoon animator. He graduated with Triple Distinction in Multi-Media Studies and won the Vincent Lines Award for creative excellence.

Editorial Reviews

There are many ways to calm the Red Beast, based on the principles of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for emotion regulation, and the latest advances in understanding the sensory profile associated with autism. This new workbook will help parents, children and teachers learn what both wakes and pacifies the notorious Red Beast.

Professor Tony Attwood

The Red Beast Workbook uses Danni to de-personalise the self-learning aspect of this resource and it really works! The information is in abundance, including opening up the child to all eight areas of their sensory system, whilst cleverly being presented in bite size chunks. This practical workbook is a useful tool for parents, carers and all educators.

Danielle Jata-Hall

This imaginative and comprehensive workbook offers children, their families and professionals an invaluable opportunity to explore and better understand the expression of strong emotions. The emphasis on the normality of sometimes feeling angry, and the real possibility for a child to build their skills in the tricky task of self-regulation is empowering and wonderfully reassuring. The book showcases a creative, skilful and highly effective collaboration between the authors and illustrator.

Deborah M Plummer