Anger Management

Helping Young Children Manage Anger

by Patti Lucarelli, RN, MSN, CPNP, CCHC, Child Care Resources, New Jersey

Anger in Children

Anger is a normal part of life. It is a natural adaptive response to threatening or aggravating situations, and it can signal that something is wrong or needs changing. The causes of anger are similar for adults and children. They include frustration, disappointment, and annoyance, as well as feeling hurt, harassed, or threatened. For children, frustration is an especially common culprit. Because they have not yet developed positive ways to handle anger, their responses are often physical and disruptive.

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Resource Organizations » Anger Management

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In Massachusetts

Adults and Children Together Against Violence (ACT)

actagainstviolence.apa.org
Nearly a half century of research has shown that violence is a learned behavior, often learned when a child is very young. But the skills of violence prevention can also be learned at a young age. ACT emphasizes that the early years are critical for learning and that the adults in children's lives can be the primary teachers of violence prevention. The ACT program mission is to educate communities and adults to create safe, healthy environments that protects children and youth from violence. It accomplishes its mission by disseminating research-based information and skills to adults in simple, accessible, user-friendly messages and materials.

EMERGE

www.emergedv.com
2464 Massachusetts Avenue
Suite 101
Cambridge, MA  02140
617-547-9879
Emerge's mission is to eliminate violence in all interpersonal relationships. In working toward this goal, Emerge seeks to educate individual abusers, prevent young people from learning to accept violence in their relationships, improve institutional responses to domestic violence, and increase public awareness about the causes and solutions to relational violence.

Girls’ LEAP Self-Defense, Inc.

girlsleap.org/index.htm
971 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 22
Boston, MA  02215
617-787-2112
Fax: 617-787-2111
Girls' LEAP (Lifetime Empowerment & Awareness Program) trains at-risk girls aged 8-18 in verbal and physical safety skills and self-awareness. LEAP helps girls develop a diverse set of responses to violence, beyond the extremes of passivity and escalation. LEAP's physical skills techniques maximize girls' options and help girls to make safe decisions in spite of fear. The self-reflective skills strengthen girls' ability to say "no" in difficult situations, to create safe and constructive boundaries, and to identify and trust their own feelings.

Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center (MARC)

www.bridgew.edu/MARC
Bridgewater State University
Hart Hall
Bridgewater, MA  02325
508-531-1784
The Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center is housed at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. MARC was founded and is directed by Dr. Elizabeth Englander, a professor of Psychology at the University, and an expert in the field of bullying prevention. Its goal is to bring low- or no-cost services to K-12 education, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the area of bullying prevention, cyberbullying education and prevention, and violence prevention. The MARC website includes guides for parents and professionals.

Outside Massachusetts

SOS Fires: Youth Intervention Programs

www.sosfires.com
22220 SE Heidi Lane
Suite #1
Damascus, OR  97089
503-805-8482
SOS FIRES provides a wide range of training and resources for all disciplines involved in youth firesetting intervention and behavior management. Its website includes information on firesetting for parents, teachers, and professionals, as well as listings of assessment and treatment services across the US.

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Additional Sources of Information

Adults and Children Together Against Violence (ACT)

National Network for Child Care

Disclaimer: Material on the Project INTERFACE web site is intended as general information. It is not a recommendation for treatment, nor should it be considered medical or mental health advice. Project INTERFACE urges families to discuss all information and questions related to medical or mental health care with a health care professional.