Keep Your Cool: Anger Management Journal for Kids - by Hiedi France (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Playful prompts that teach anger management for kids 8 to 12

We all feel angry sometimes--and that's okay! Keep Your Cool is packed full of prompts to help children better understand their feelings of anger, where those feelings come from, and what they can do to calm them down. School psychologist Dr. Hiedi France makes learning to manage anger easy and engaging with this supportive journal that will have kids writing about what makes them happy, drawing what anger looks like, and more.

This anger management workbook for kids includes:

• Regular check-ins--Each prompt starts by asking kids to identify how they feel and why, teaching them to recognize and understand their feelings.
• Lots of ways to manage anger--Evidence-based exercises show kids how to handle big emotions, better express themselves, and be more mindful.
• Independent learning--Simple activities encourage kids to use this journal on their own, tackling its contents in whatever order they like and really taking charge of their anger.

Help kids develop the anger management skills they'll need to thrive with this journal for kids.

Review Quotes

"Dr. France's Keep Your Cool: An Anger Management Journal for Kids is a must-have for parents, clinicians, and educators. Not only does this book help children explore their feelings in a creative way, but it also provides a wide variety of self-management tools. Each activity even begins with a feeling check-in, which offers repeated practice opportunities. As a school psychologist, I highly recommend this easy-to-follow journal that is presented in an inviting and engaging way for kids!" --May Ahn, LPC, Ed.D., NCSP

"Heidi presents such an amazing way to help kids develop emotional intelligence. This journal will help empower kids to know they can process their feelings in healthy ways and learn responsibility for their behaviors." --Terry Lee D'Amico, MAC, LCPC, family therapist

"What an amazing approach to using the strengths of the individual to help manage their anger! Dr. France has, once again, developed a tool to assist youth with what continues to be an under-identified problem...the inability to identify anger and what tools are available to assist in the management of that anger." --Andy Hubble, Owner "On Behalf of My Child Project" Advocacy

About the Author

HIEDI FRANCE, ED.D, is a mother of two and a school psychologist. She has devoted her career to helping children succeed, working with students in the education system since 2001. Dr. France is the founder of Behavior Savers, a website that provides easy-to-use social-emotional resources for educators, and the author of Mindfulness for Little Ones