Video Pick—Time Out on Anger Management: Learning Self-Control

From SLJ September 2006

Ann Elders, Mark Twain Elementary School, Federal Way, WA -- School Library Journal, 8/28/2006

video or DVD. color. 20 min. (closed captioned). with tchr's. guide. Human Relations Media (hrmvideo.com). 2006. ISBN 1-55548-093-4. $99.95.

Gr 3-6–Designed to help students manage their anger through self-control, this video provides four anger management strategies. A male narrator presents live-action vignettes involving diverse students experiencing anger-inducing situations, suggests a better way to handle the problem using a specific anger management strategy (stop and think, talk it out, don't keep anger inside, use your anger energy), and shows the situation utilizing the technique. Techniques are well-explained verbally, modeled, and listed on-screen. The information is well organized, the situations are realistic, and segments are short and succinct. Sections could be paused to initiate student discussions before showing the proposed anger management strategy. A very useful tool to address a prevalent problem.