Anger Signs & Coping Skills: THE ANGRY SHARK SOCIAL STORY 4 Behavior Management

Anger management and poor impulse control begins with self-awareness, following with the introduction and practice of coping skills.

This product includes a sweet story of a shark that becomes angry when things do not go his way. His anger is shown in both his physical sensations and his actions. After being pointed out the friendship consequences of his anger outbursts, the shark is introduced to magic fish that offer helpful strategies to reduce his anger. The shark sees the benefits of using these coping skills and the readers will as well.

Begin this lesson with reading the story and explain the below strategies are to be used proactively when the urges/impulses to act out are strong. The strategies are to be practiced proactively, although may be used to redirect misbehavior when appropriate.

The product includes the following:

19-page social story about anger signs and coping skills.

18 coping skill task cards with the “magic fish”

6 physical signs of anger task cards with sharks

6 behavioral signs of anger task cards with sharks

30 Color friendly (BW) task cards to be used for coloring in.

5 different activity pages to be used with task cards for discussion, problem-solving, and prompting role plays.

BONUS pages

Additional Uses:

Laminate, punch a hole in the coping skills cards and place a loose-leaf ring in the hole for easy viewing and prompting.

Decorate and glue angry sharks on the outside of lunch bags (representing the shark) and place coping cards inside the bag for random selection for problem-solving.

Make extra copies of the deep breaths and provide as nonverbal reminders.

Use bonus pages for coloring in and continued discussion.

NEW ADDITION:

The story has been replicated in the separate PDF file for distance learning purposes during the pandemic.

A therapeutic activity that may be used in addition to this story is Things That Bite.

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