Looking for anger management workbook for kids/teens

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Received the results from the psychologist, and S1 definitely has high functioning autism. I will be looking for social stories books, and I think there was another thread for that which I will look up.

What I really would like some input on is suggestions for anger management workbooks geared towards kids/teenagers. I plan on getting The Explosive Child for myself and DH, but want a workbook that S1 and I can work through together. Any ideas? There are a number of them on Amazon, and I'm not sure where to focus.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

It may not be appropriate age-wise for your son, but we had good success with this series, here's the one on anger: http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Rant-Rave-We ... 228&sr=1-1

They aren't a workbook, but they are pretty explicit in their explanation of what the emotions are (they are a series of 7 books) and how to manage them. I thought they were a good first step.

I'd look for workbooks on Emotional Intelligence, rather than focusing on anger. EQ is kind of snake-oily, so I would preview anything I looked at before buying it, but when you find the right resource, it's worthwhile. Most kids with AS have some form of alexithymia, ( http://www.alexithymia.us/test-alex.html - note, the quiz contains some questions that aren't appropriate for children ) so sometimes that can come out as only exhibiting anger. Learning about other emotions and the appropriate ways to express them is important. I thought this book (which I found on our public library's website, so check there) http://www.amazon.com/Science-Emotions- ... 1608700798 might be a good one. Or this one, also available at our library as an ebook http://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Intelli ... 1441842233

Somewhere on this board, I posted some links to worksheets for EQ that I thought would be helpful.

What to do when your Temper Flares, has some workbook type activities but is not a workbook per se.

We bought it, but have not used it, yet. Things have calmed down over here, and I don't want to risk my son perseverating on it while our summer activity program is going. I will see if I can get him to work on some of it in August, which is our lowest key month.