Prime Time: A Comprehensive Drug Education Program, Level II

Dunne, Gerry

Innerchoice Publishing

Anger Without Guilt is a book and a series of YouTube videos by Dr. Gerry Dunne. Both help us understand our human nature--the fact that we become angry at times. We are then reminded of our choice to manage it using our right mind or mismanage it with our wrong mind. Many stories and examples of anger provoking everyday situations real people face and how we can think and act in helpful or hurtful ways are described. Anger Without Guilt explains how often anger causes us to feel conscious and unconscious guilt and how these feelings feed on each other becoming a vicious circle. You will gain tools and strategies for overcoming that vicious circle through reading, journaling, doing self-assessments, and engaging in the Life Work challenges offered. Topics include: "Anger Traps," "Know Your Anger Triggers," "How Assertive Are You?" "Anger in Your Family," "Who Controls You?" "Do People Like to Communicate With You?" "Can You Handle Confrontations?" and many more. 
The author tells us the truth about her own struggles with anger. Here is an excerpt from Chapter One, "Cluelessness to Consciousness": 
"It's easy to see what anger does to others but I didn't see it in myself until I turned a corner--one small step after another over time. It started when I found the courage to observe myself and tell myself the truth about how vulnerable I was to anger. Just like having a low-=grade fever, I gradually realized I had a low-grade gripe with the world and a short fuse to bootl I've been working ever since to get out of that rut--to build self understanding and genuine self-love and respect as well as new assertive anger management habits. In the process I've learned some ways to help myself. Now I'm devoted to helping anyone else who wants the same--a process of correction--waking up--listening to your inner teacher who puts you in touch with your right mind, 'the wizard,' instead of your wrong mind, 'the lizard.'"

Anger Without Guilt: Anger Management Begins Within

Parenting & Relationships

Parenting

BookBaby

Like adults, kids make choices daily and in many different ways-freely, obligingly, casually, studiously, alertly, habitually, playfully, wisely, impulsively. Occasionally a poor choice leads to a good outcome, but, as anyone who has suffered the consequences of a foolish mistake can attest, good outcomes usually come from wise, thoughtful decision making. This book is based on two beliefs: One, that making wise choices is a teachable, learnable process, and two, that developing the skill (and habit) of wise choice-making automatically reduces the incidence of risky behavior. Focusing on key ingredients like self-esteem and personal strength, the authors provide essential health and safety information and guidelines while teaching vital decision-making skills. Activities are fun and engaging, yet packed with enough important information and skill practice to put even clueless pushovers on a speedy path to wise choice making. Topic areas include: Self-Esteem
OTC Drugs, Smoking and Marijuana Stress Management
Peer and Gang Pressure Decision Making and Problem Solving
Resistance and Refusal Skills Anger Management
Role Models &amp; Support Systems Health &amp; Safety Grades 3-6

Helping Kids Make Wise Choices and Reduce Risky Behavior

Schilling, Dianne

Akin, Terri

Jalmar Press

Introduction If I'd participated in lessons like the ones in this manual when I was the age of your students I know I would have lived a healthier and happier life. I was one of those youngsters who grew up in a family that denied not only the importance of feelings but usually feelings themselves, especially uncomfortable ones. Yet, our feelings are the prime movers of our choices and actions. Looking back I recall that just about everyone in my family and at school frequently lived in a state of unrest. They had axes to grind--things to complain about. They were annoyed! Sometimes they were hateful and harsh with their words. Yet from the outside everyone thought our family was about as normal and good as a family could get. All of us did, in fact, love each other. We just put our anger first too many times. My junior high and senior high schools were also considered normal, "a cut-above" actually, but I remember very little joy and a lot of fear, hurt and shame. I realize now how much I was influenced by this general discontent and pervasive anger. I grew up assuming that spreading gossip, fighting, holding grudges, protesting anything I didn't like and planning ways to get even were just what you did! Life wasn't normal unless you had a good, strong aggravation going about something or someone. Did you have similar experiences? Are your students caught up in this kind of world? Some people are lucky. They're born into, and surrounded by, great circumstances and great models. But many others aren't. The fact is that many of us have, or had, anger habits that started early in our lives--habits we didn't even know we had. Inevitably, this means few skills in self control and anger management will develop. The result: troubles and misery as life unfolds. If you'd told me a few decades ago that I had an anger habit I would have either denied it or said, "No big deal--so what? Who doesn't?" But that kind of blindness wasn't working very well for me. At a certain point I realized it and started to make some deliberate changes. I still struggle with my own anger at times but I've also recognized it for what it is. I became more self-honest. I've been working on understanding how anger operates and developing skills to use it instead of letting it control and use me. I took courses in psychology and wound up with a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology which focuses on how people are affected by their experiences as they navigate through each stage of life. I went to some helpful counselors and I read a lot of excellent books. For the last ten years I've taught Anger and Conflict Management at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington using the text, Anger and Conflict Management: Personal Handbook. Developing self control and learning how to manage anger leads us out of a dark world into a new one we've lit up ourselves. It's a world with healthy relationships, fun, more friends and enjoyment--also some detachment when it comes to difficult situations. I'm living in that world most of the time now and I seek more company. I wrote this manual with its 20 lessons specifically to help you lead your students through a learning process that can place them on the road to Positive Personal Power!

Self Control and Anger Management Lessons for Middle and High School Students

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

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