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Appendix A
Example Activity
Topic : Anger Management
Modality : Individual play therapy (could also be used for group therapy)
Materials needed : 2 balloons, markers
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“I don’t know about you, but there are some times that I get really angry. Are there
ever any times that you feel angry?”
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Invite child to share something that makes him or her angry.
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Draw some representation of that person, thing, or event on the balloon.

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Ask the child how he/she responds in that situation when he/she gets mad.
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Blow air into the balloon to represent anger building up in the child’s body.
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Ask child what happened to the balloon when he/she got angry (E.g., “It got
bigger.”)
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Repeat the sequence several times, depending on time and age of child
(asking what makes child angry, drawing on balloon, asking how he/she
responds, and blow more air into the balloon).
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Invite child to reflect on what might happen if he/she kept getting angry, and
you kept blowing air into the balloon (E.g., “It would pop!”)
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Explain that you wonder what that would look like, and pop the balloon
(using pen tip, for example)
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Ask child what happened to the balloon (E.g., “It broke!” or “It’s in a bunch
of pieces!”)
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Invite child to think about things he/she could do instead to keep from “breaking”
when he/she gets mad in the future. Child thinks while you blow air into the new
balloon.
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When the balloon is full of air, summarize a situation the child described that
makes him/her angry, and draw it on the balloon.