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Growing Ideas WHACK! SLAM! BANG! - Aggression Selected Resources

Recommend a resource

Books:

  • Hewitt, D., et. al. (1995) So this is normal too? St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press.
  • Kaiser, B., & Rasminsky, J. (1999). Meeting the Challenge: Effective Strategies for Challenging Behaviors in Early Childhood Environments. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
  • Levin, D.E. (2003). Teaching Young Children in Violent Times: Building a Peaceable Classroom (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Education for Social Responsibility and Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Articles/Tools:

  • Conflict and Young Children: Helping Children Deal with Everyday Problems. (2000, July). Head Start Bulletin, 68, 16.
  • DeBord, K. (2000). Childhood aggression: Where does it come from? How can it be managed?. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service. Retrieved July 12, 2005, from http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/human/pubs/aggression.html
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  • Helping the Often-Angry Child. Retrieved July 12, 2005, from http://www.illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/angry.htm
  • Illinois Early Learning Project. (2003). Helping Children Develop "Impulse Control." Retrieved April 26, 2005, from http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/impulsecontrol.htm
  • Illinois Early Learning Project. (2003). Resources on Handling Challenging Behaviors in Child Care: Aggression and Anger in Young Children. Retrieved January 24, 2008, from http://www.illinoisearlylearning.org/chat/hemmeter/sup.htm
  • Jones, S. (1994). I'm so Mad I Could Scream. In Todd, C.M. (Ed.), Child Care Center Connections, 4(1), 1-3. Urbana-Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service.
  • Kaiser Family Foundation. (2005, January). Effects of Electronic Media on Children Ages Zero to Six (Issue Brief No. 7239). Washington, DC: Author.
  • Marion, M. (1997, December). Helping Young Children Deal with Anger. ERIC Digest. Retrieved April 26, 2005, from http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/1997/marion97.html
  • Smith, C. (1992). Handling Aggression. In Todd, C.M. (Ed.). Day Care Center Connections, 1(4), 3-4. Urbana-Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service.

Videos:

  • Family Communications (Producer). (1995). What Do You Do with the Mad That You Feel? [Video & Guide]. (Available from Family Communications, Inc., 4802 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213)

Web Sites:

  • Playing for Keeps. Playing for Keeps is a national not-for-profit organization that exists to help bridge the gap between what researchers have learned about play-and what parents and professionals who impact kids' lives on a day-to-day, hour-by-hour need to know to help nurture our precious children to their full potential. http://playingforkeeps.org/
  • The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning. CASEL is working to establish social and emotional learning as an essential part of education from preschool through high school. http://www.casel.org/home/index.php

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