Synopses & Reviews
Review
"[The authors] have brought their clinical perspicacity, school 'savvy,' and theoretical and empirical expertise together in a timely, well-designed book that will be eagerly welcomed by both school and clinical practitioners....In a how-to, nuts-and-bolts approach, Larson and Lochman describe the various ways group leaders, in collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and parents, can implement effective interventions."--from the Foreword by Donald Meichenbaum, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
"Larson and Lochman have provided an extremely user-friendly publication. The book is not only a clearly structured how-to manual for working with children, families, and schools; it also provides the theoretical and research basis for the practices. As such, this important book will be uniquely useful for both working practitioners and practitioners-in-training."--Audrey Potter, PhD, Coordinator of School Psychological Services, Milwaukee Public Schools
"When youth mismanage their anger, they create a major stumbling block to academic success and positive social relationships. Educators know who these youth are, and they recognize the need to intervene. With this volume, Larson and Lochman, two widely recognized researchers, offer an evidence-based program to help youth cope more effectively with their anger and thereby reduce risks for aggression. Every school's comprehensive safety plan should include a component devoted to anger management. Simply put, such a component would be incomplete without the use of this invaluable resource. There is no better volume on anger intervention with schoolchildren."--Michael Furlong, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Review
"The book covers everything a school practitioner needs to consider when offering an anger management program."--
Virginia Child Protection Newsletter"...this is a great book for school-based clinicians who are looking for guidance in starting and running an effacious anger management group for children between the ages of 8 and 12 years....the book is a well written, detailed account of an empirically tested school-based group intervention for children manifesting aggressive behavior who are between the ages of eight and twelve years. The theoretical foundations are sound and well elucidated. The importance of collaboration with school personnel and parents is underlined and practical suggestions are made with regard to how to approach staff, administrators and parents. The manual itself is clearly written with specific, practical suggestions and built in flexibility. The book concludes with ten appendices providing sample letters and forms."--Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
"The book would be useful for beginning mental-health practitioners in this area or as a handy refresher course for the more experienced."--Science Books and Films
"It is very clear from the opening paragraph of Jim Larson and John Lochman's book on anger intervention that these two individuals know what they're talking about....Also invaluable to the reader are the Appendices, which are full of wonderful resources to get the program started, including sample consent forms for parents (in English and Spanish), a form for teachers to use to guide selection of students for the program, classroom generalization training, goal sheets, etc. These examples may make the process of implementation less overwhelming to a busy teacher or administrator."--Alternative Network Journal
"...the book may be useful as an example of how social-cognitive theory can be applied to therapies for emotional and behavioral problems."--Choice
"A practical guide for school teachers, counselors, psychologists, administrators, nurses and anyone who may be involved with the process of integrating chronically ill children into the education system....There are many charts, worksheets, handouts and resource lists throughout this book that provide information in a structured and user-friendly way....I recommend the book to those professionals who have limited access to medical information but face the challenges of integrating challenging high needs children into the educational system."--Pediatric Rehabilitation
Review
"[The authors] have brought their clinical perspicacity, school 'savvy,' and theoretical and empirical expertise together in a timely, well-designed book that will be eagerly welcomed by both school and clinical practitioners....In a how-to, nuts-and-bolts approach, Larson and Lochman describe the various ways group leaders, in collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and parents, can implement effective interventions."--from the Foreword by Donald Meichenbaum, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
"Larson and Lochman have provided an extremely user-friendly publication. The book is not only a clearly structured how-to manual for working with children, families, and schools; it also provides the theoretical and research basis for the practices. As such, this important book will be uniquely useful for both working practitioners and practitioners-in-training."--Audrey Potter, PhD, Coordinator of School Psychological Services, Milwaukee Public Schools
"When youth mismanage their anger, they create a major stumbling block to academic success and positive social relationships. Educators know who these youth are, and they recognize the need to intervene. With this volume, Larson and Lochman, two widely recognized researchers, offer an evidence-based program to help youth cope more effectively with their anger and thereby reduce risks for aggression. Every school's comprehensive safety plan should include a component devoted to anger management. Simply put, such a component would be incomplete without the use of this invaluable resource. There is no better volume on anger intervention with schoolchildren."--Michael Furlong, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara
"The book covers everything a school practitioner needs to consider when offering an anger management program."--Virginia Child Protection Newsletter
"...this is a great book for school-based clinicians who are looking for guidance in starting and running an effacious anger management group for children between the ages of 8 and 12 years....the book is a well written, detailed account of an empirically tested school-based group intervention for children manifesting aggressive behavior who are between the ages of eight and twelve years. The theoretical foundations are sound and well elucidated. The importance of collaboration with school personnel and parents is underlined and practical suggestions are made with regard to how to approach staff, administrators and parents. The manual itself is clearly written with specific, practical suggestions and built in flexibility. The book concludes with ten appendices providing sample letters and forms."--Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
"The book would be useful for beginning mental-health practitioners in this area or as a handy refresher course for the more experienced."--Science Books and Films
"It is very clear from the opening paragraph of Jim Larson and John Lochman's book on anger intervention that these two individuals know what they're talking about....Also invaluable to the reader are the Appendices, which are full of wonderful resources to get the program started, including sample consent forms for parents (in English and Spanish), a form for teachers to use to guide selection of students for the program, classroom generalization training, goal sheets, etc. These examples may make the process of implementation less overwhelming to a busy teacher or administrator."--Alternative Network Journal
"...the book may be useful as an example of how social-cognitive theory can be applied to therapies for emotional and behavioral problems."--Choice
"A practical guide for school teachers, counselors, psychologists, administrators, nurses and anyone who may be involved with the process of integrating chronically ill children into the education system....There are many charts, worksheets, handouts and resource lists throughout this book that provide information in a structured and user-friendly way....I recommend the book to those professionals who have limited access to medical information but face the challenges of integrating challenging high needs children into the educational system."--Pediatric Rehabilitation
Review
"Larson and Lochman are true scientist-practitioners who have produced an exceptional resource for school- and community-based clinicians. This revised second edition provides a useful update of aggression prevention research and shows how the Anger Coping Program aligns with current models of school-based practice. The session-by-session format is very user friendly. As someone who has worked with this intervention for over 15 years, I highly recommend this book."--Colleen Cicchetti, PhD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
“I have used the Anger Coping Program for many years and have trained hundreds of school psychologists and school counselors in its use. This highly effective program is now even more valuable with the addition of chapters specifically addressing considerations when treating girls and implementation with individuals. Another new chapter shows how the program is a perfect tool to use within an RTI framework."--Judith A. McBride, PhD, consultant, Long Beach Unified School District, California
"This is a comprehensive resource for school psychologists, counselors, and others who are working with aggressive and behaviorally challenging students. Practitioners get everything needed to implement the authors' approach, including appropriate background research. The Anger Coping Program provides essential positive behavioral support to students who need it--and it gives school personnel valuable tools for dealing with some of the most difficult challenges they face."--Beth Herman-Ukasick, MSE, school psychologist, Violence Prevention Program, Milwaukee Public Schools
Review
"The book covers everything a school practitioner needs to consider when offering an anger management program."--Virginia Child Protection Newsletter
Review
"The book is aimed at those working with eight-to-twelve-year-olds and it uses a group approach which is practitioner friendly. More specifically, the authors are writing for psychologists, counsellors, and other professionals working in schools or school-like settings....The reader is given clear guidance on screening and identification techniques in a step by step method, supplemented with reproducible forms and suggested practitioner scripts."--SEN (Special Education Needs) Magazine
Review
"Larson and Lochman...have restructured this edition so it is more practitioner-friendly. It includes chapters on integrating the programme with other school-wide responses to interventions and positive behavioral supports; adding more detail on working with girls and culturally diverse students and working with individuals. This edition also offers a manualised approach and templates for monitoring change and outcomes....There is great potential here for schools, and to that extent anyone working in a residential setting in the UK, to extrapolate the learning from the programme and consider how it might be adapted. Of course, it will resonate with those schools who already have a whole-school approach through Targeted Mental Health in Schools, but it then builds a response programme to children who have particular problems with self-regulation and anger."--Young Minds Magazine
Synopsis
A complete, readily applicable guide for school-based professionals, this book presents an empirically supported group intervention for 8- to 12-year-olds with anger and aggression problems. The Anger Coping Program has been demonstrated effective in reducing teacher- and parent-directed aggression and enhancing students' classroom behavior, social competence, and academic achievement. In one volume, the authors provide a session-by-session cognitive-behavioral treatment manual, a clear rationale for the program, and instructions for implementation. Also included are detailed guidelines for monitoring outcomes and successfully duplicating the intervention across multiple settings. Many helpful examples enhance the practical utility of the book, as do reproducible teacher handouts, child self-report forms, and parent letters in English and Spanish.
Synopsis
This invaluable guide presents all of the information and clinical tools needed to implement the Anger Coping Program, an empirically supported intervention for students in grades 3-6. Practitioners are taken step by step through setting up treatment groups, teaching vital skills for reducing aggression and disruptive behavior, and building strong partnerships with teachers and parents. Many practical suggestions are provided for adapting the program to different settings and optimizing student outcomes. In a large-size format with lay-flat binding to facilitate photocopying, the book includes reproducible handouts, forms, and parent letters (in English and Spanish).
About the Author
Jim Larson, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the School Psychology Program at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. He is also a member of the Scientific Board of the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment, headquartered in Miami, Florida. Formerly a school psychologist with the Milwaukee Public Schools and the lead psychologist in the school system’s Violence Prevention Program, Dr. Larson’s major research interests are the treatment of anger and aggression in children and youth and programming for the prevention of school violence. John E. Lochman, PhD, ABPP, is Professor and Doddridge Saxon Chair of Clinical Psychology at the University of Alabama and Director of the University’s Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems. Dr. Lochman has conducted extensive research and published widely on family, peer, and neighborhood risk factors; social-cognitive processes; and intervention and prevention with aggressive children. He is the recipient of awards including the International Collaborative Prevention Research Award from the Society for Prevention Research, and is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.
Table of Contents
1. The Development of Aggression 2. The Empirical Foundation for a Developmental Model of Aggressive Childrens Social-Cognitive and Emotional Difficulties 3. The Role of Anger Management Training in a Comprehensive School Program of Positive Behavioral Supports 4. Getting Started with the Anger Coping Program: Group Leaders, Screening, and Identification 5. Generalization and the Role of the Classroom Teacher 6. Preparing for the First Meeting: Procedures to Implement and Pitfalls to Avoid 7. Outcome Research Results for the Anger Coping Program and the Coping Power Program 8. The Anger Coping Program Manual 9. Considerations When Treating Girls and Treating Children from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds 10. Possible Negative Group Effects and Alternative Use as an Individual Format 11. Case Example 12. Frequently Asked Questions 13. Afterword
Appendices: A. Anger Coping Program Teacher Nomination Form B. Anger Coping Program Teacher Screening Scale C. Classroom Goals Interview D. Anger Coping Agreement E. Anger Coping Program Classroom Generalization Inservice Guide F. My Goal Sheet G. Goal Attainment Scaling Form H. Sample Parental Consent Letter I. Anger Coping Program Initial Checklist J. Hassle Log K. Anger Coping Program Parent Letters L. Sample Parental Consent Letter and Anger Coping Program Parent Letters—Spanish Versions M. Anger Coping Program Classroom Progress Monitoring Report (CPMR) N. Anger Coping Program Intervention Integrity Checklists O. Stimulus Pictures Recommended Further Reading