Urbana Feeder Pattern Workshop

March 12, 2008 at 6:45 pm – Hosted by Centerville Elementary

Anger Management: Helping Children and Adolescents Who Get Too Angry Too Often

Presented by Dr. William R. Stixrud. Dr. Stixrud is a clinical neuropsychologist and director of William Stixrud and Associates in Silver Spring, Maryland, a group practice specializing in the neuropsychological assessment of children, adolescents, and adults with learning, attentional/executive, and/or emotional disorders. Dr. Stixrud is also a member of the clinical supervisory faculty of the Children’s National Medical Center and holds an appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at George Washington University School of Medicine.

This workshop begins with a brief introduction to the physiology of anger. It then turns to an exploration of the relationship between stress, inflexibility, and anger and to the question of why some children and teens are more easily angered than others. This is followed by a brief discussion of the clinical assessment of anger and the childhood disorders that are associated with inflexibility and frequent anger. The presentation then introduces the idea that inflexibility and anger reflect deficits in skills acquisition (rather than motivation). Ways of helping angry youngsters through modeling and empathy are then explored. Finally, suggestions are offered for creating prevention-oriented home and classroom environments, for handling angry outbursts at home and in the classroom, and for teaching anger management strategies to children and adolescents.

Please contact one of the Urbana Feeder Pattern school counselors listed below to RSVP or if you have questions about the workshop.

April Miller, School Counselor, Centerville Elementary at 240-566-0112

Sheri Wettstein, School Counselor, Green Valley Elem. at 240-236-3410

Laura Jones, School Counselor, Kemptown Elementary at 240-236-3508

Diane Fike, School Counselor, Urbana Elementary at 240-236-2202