How to Help Children and Teens Manage Their Anger Children and teens who develop constructive skills for anger management are helped to foster their self-assertion, promote connection with others, and increase their competence and self-esteem. In contrast, anger that is not constructively managed may lead them to experience underachievement, bullying, depression, excessive guilt and shame, interpersonal conflicts and social withdrawal. When extreme, it may lead to substance abuse, sexual promiscuity or aggression and violence to others or oneself. This workshop is for parents and others who want to help children and teens develop skills in healthy anger management long before it becomes chronic or severe. It is primarily intended to help children and teens learn to recognize, understand, and effectively manage their anger in everyday life. The material presented in this program is based on Healthy Anger: How to help children and teens manage their anger, written by Bernard Golden, Ph.D. (Oxford University Press, 2003) Participants will be helped to: 1. Learn about a model of anger that can be used to help children and teens recognize, understand and manage their anger. 2. Develop increased awareness of child and teen anger 3. Identify strategies appropriate for the specific needs of different children 4. Become more aware of the role of modeling in how children and teens learn anger management 5. Learn a variety of communiction skills that can foster parent-child connection 6. Develop skills in self-reflection that can be taught to children and teens 7. Learn how to respond to escalating anger 8. Recognize when special support is indicated 9. Identify the unique developmental challenges of children and teens that influence how they respond to anger Format: This workshop is offered in two formats - Full day: Scheduled on Saturdays from 9:30 AM- 3:00 PM Three sessions over three weeks on a weekday evening, 7 - 8:30 PM Fee: $139/individual - $220/couple; includes a workshop manual and the book "Healthy Anger". Schedule: Tel: 312-642-0265 Email: bgolden10@sbcglobal.net Anger Management Education 1 East Delaware Place, Suite 310     *New Address - June 1, 2006 Chicago, IL 60611