“We love our children and they drive us crazy. Frank Jacobelli and Lynn Ann Watson give us the road map back to sanity and compassion. This is a wonderful work that all can benefit from. I hope you will read it carefully and with an open heart.”
–Lynn D. Johnson, Ph.D., author of Enjoy Life! Healing with Happiness and Get on the Peace Train: The Journey from Anger to Harmony
“SmartHelp for Good ‘n’ Angry Kids is a great contribution to the evolving field of knowledge in ways to truly understand and address the needs of children who have the range of issues with anger. Frank Jacobelli and Lynn Ann Watson are masters of this subject and bring forth their wisdom with both brilliance and a loving heart.”
–Howard Glasser, author of Transforming the Difficult Child (1999)
Finally, a behavior management workbook which is effective and fun to use. It is tailored to your child’s individual learning style. A practical, readable guide that makes sense of the often misunderstood emotion of anger. Anger has a purpose. What is anger for, and what to do with it? The authors’ usual, down-to-earth style gives you the answers. Angry child? This is the book you have been waiting for!”
–Jay Carter, Psy.D., best selling author of Nasty People and four other international books
From the Inside Flap
SmartHelp is a unique approach which utilizes a child’s learning strengths and draws on the most up-to-date brain-behavior research findings. SmartHelp for Good ‘n’ Angry Kids provides the reader with an innovative tool for determining a child’s individual learning strengths, and for pairing this information with specific, carefully crafted activities that teach the child about anger and its appropriate expression.
The book features workbook activities divided into the eight individual learning styles: Logical-Mathematical, Bodily-Kinaesthetic, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Musical-Rhythmic, Visual-Spatial, Verbal-Linguistic, and Naturalist.
Each activity is then divided into three crucial areas for successfully managing angry behavior: cognitive, affective, and behavioral.
SmartHelp is a vital supplement to standard psychotherapeutic approaches such as play therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral therapy, family therapy and traditional anger-management techniques.
From the Back Cover
SmartHelp is a unique approach which utilizes a child’s learning strengths and draws on the most up-to-date brain-behavior research findings. SmartHelp for Good ‘n’ Angry Kids provides the reader with an innovative tool for determining a child’s individual learning strengths, and for pairing this information with specific, carefully crafted activities that teach the child about anger and its appropriate expression.
The book features workbook activities divided into the eight individual learning styles: Logical-Mathematical, Bodily-Kinaesthetic, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Musical-Rhythmic, Visual-Spatial, Verbal-Linguistic, and Naturalist.
Each activity is then divided into three crucial areas for successfully managing angry behavior: cognitive, affective, and behavioral.
SmartHelp is a vital supplement to standard psychotherapeutic approaches such as play therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral therapy, family therapy and traditional anger-management techniques.
About the Author
Frank Jacobelli has worked as Clinical Coordinator for Enki Health and Research Systems in California, USA, for the past 15 years and, while there, has implemented a successful school-based mental health program in a rural school district with a high percentage of children at risk. He also provides instruction in Crisis Intervention at Western Nevada College, USA.
Lynn Ann Watson holds a lifetime teaching and special education credential with certificates in special day class, learning disabilities, and resource services. She was an active member of the Board of Directors for the International Inter-Agency Alliance for Children, which was instrumental in the passage and implementation of Public Law 99-457, which focused on more and better services for young special needs children and their families.
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