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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. [More]

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Resource Organizations » Anger Management

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In Massachusetts

Adults and Children Together Against Violence (ACT)

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

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.

Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center (MARC)

The Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center is housed at Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. MARC was founded and is directed by Dr. Elizabeth Englander, a professor of Psychology at the College, 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.

Needham Health Department

The Needham Health Department offers a range of mental health services for citizens of the town. Public Health Nurses provide confidential counseling and referrals to all ages. Short-term home-based services for at-risk teenagers and their families are provided through Riverside Community Care's Alternative Youth Services program. The program includes family counseling, advocacy, information, and referral. Call the Health Department for more information on these free services. The town's Substance Abuse Prevention and Education program provides informational programs, educational resources, and confidential substance abuse support services for Needham youth, adults, and seniors. Contact Carol Read at the Health Department to find out more about inpatient and outpatient treatment, individual and group counseling, and peer support resources regarding substance abuse, addiction and chemical dependency.

Needham Youth Services

This is a town-funded department which provides professional and confidential mental health services to youth and their families in Needham. It offers support, information, and direction on issues such as peer relationships, stress, grief and loss, substance use, suicide, and other concerns. Most services are free of charge. The department collaborates regularly with civic and community organizations on a variety of projects.

Outside Massachusetts

SOS Fires: Youth Intervention Programs

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)

• Helping Adults Manage Their Angry Feelings (PDF)
• Tips for Families to Help an Angry Child (PDF)
• Managing Anger at the Childcare Center & School

National Network for Child Care

• Helping Young Children Cope with Anger

Publications

List of books, articles and other publications on Anger Management.

36th Annual National Suicide Prevention Week, September 5th - 11th, 2010. See Families, Community Systems and Suicide, from the American Association of Suicidology.

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The work of Project INTERFACE is supported in part by the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project (MCPAP).