Intended Client Group:

At-risk youth who demonstrate severe aggression, antisocial

behavior, conduct disorders, and delinquency
Population needs: identify triggers to anger and stress, ways to
cope with anger, decrease verbal and physical outbursts,
education on anger
The intervention of anger management has been shown to
reduce angry and aggressive behavior. Using multiple different
techniques anger will decrease because of coping outlets. Anger
management assists in identifying anger (triggers) and reaction
to anger, recognizing boiling point, processing feelings, modeling
assertive behavior, and developing coping skills to use in
different environments.
Purpose of Intervention:
To provide anger management classes to increase anger control
by 2 weeks.
Participant Outcome Objectives:
At the end of 1 one-hour session, client will verbalize in class 2
triggers to their anger.
Given one anger management session, client will verbalize 2
coping skills to their anger
Given anger management worksheet (ZIPPER), client will
complete all worksheets and discuss with CTRS or counselor by
one week.

Controlling Anger Before It Controls You ZIPPER

Introduction:
It is very important to open the group with a icebreaker to allow for
clients to create a safe environment to share their feelings and
thoughts. A fun way to do this is by using a question ball.
Icebreaker: Question ball
Provide a ball with written questions on it (e.g., favorite
childhood memory, biggest accomplishment, something that
makes them happy). Toss the ball around the group and have
clients introduce themselves and answer the question that falls
underneath their right thumb.
Transition: Explain confidentiality and how it relates to opening up to
people around you to create a safe environment to share feelings and
thoughts openly.
Activity: Angry balloon
1. Give each participant a white balloon. Direct individuals to blow
up and tie balloon.
2. Have the individual write down 5 different
things/situations/people that bother them on the balloon with
sharpie.
3. Talk about what makes them angry (triggers)What are some of
the things you have written down?
4. Let go of the balloon until it explodes and all the anger comes
out
5. Explain that if this balloon were the individual, the wiz of the
balloon would be like an out of control verbal or physical
aggressive act. Is this a safe way to deal with anger? Are those
situations/people/things you wrote down triggers to your anger?
What would be a better way to approach the situation?
6. Instruct to find their balloon by the color marker used.
Transition: Hand out ZIPPER paper
Continued activity: Angry Balloon round 2: ZIPPER Approach
1. As you see in the handout I passed out is a way to help the anger
come out more slow and safer. This is an acronym for a strategy
used for anger management. We are going to use the balloon
and this worksheet to work through anger.
2. Lets start over. Take the balloon and blow as much air as you
had in it before.
3. Instead of tying the balloon, pinch the end closed. (Z)
4. Identify what is on the balloon. (I)
5. Take a deep breath (P)
6. What can you do to stop the air from coming out like it did
before? (P)

7. Slowly let the air out of the balloon (E)

a. Talk about what are other solutions to the problem.
i. Examples: walk away and let it go, ignore it and
change the subject, ask adult for help, ask them to
stop, use I message, apologize
8. Look at your balloon now look how much the problems are now.
You are good to reset. (R)
9. Direct to let some of the air go in the balloon. Did the balloon get
smaller? Did the balloon explode at all? By talking about what
makes us angry and finding ways to release anger appropriately,
the anger then can come out safely and slowly. Letting anger
build up inside can grow and explode and possibly harm
someone else or something. Now the question is, how can we
find some ways to slowly let the anger out of us?
10.
Coping skills:
a. ZIPPER
Zip lip pinching balloon
Identify the problem look at what is on balloon
Put off what you want to do Take a minute to look at
balloon
Put yourself in control Take control of actions
Explore other solutions What could you do? Let air
out of balloon
Reset let air out of balloon
Transition: hand out a new balloon
Conclusion: One way to cope is to develop effective coping
skills. Try this.
Activity: Anger Balls
1. Anger is an emotion we snatch up to avoid hurting other peoples
feelings. Try taking out your anger on something that cant feel,
like a stress ball. So we are going to conclude our group with
creating our own anger balls to use in the future.
2. On the colored balloon draw an angry face
3. Put flour in the balloon to represent all the things that make you
angry.
4. Next time you feel angry building up inside, snatch up your
anger ball before hurting other peoples feelings.
I encourage you all to think about this throughout the day tomorrow.
Write down examples of when you used this ZIPPER approach in a real
life scenario.

Angry Balloon Round 2:

ZIPPER approach
Z- Zip your lip

I- Identify the problem

P- Put off what you want
to do

P- Put yourself in control

E- Explore choices and
options

R- Reset or return
What are some of your choices for E?
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Think about this throughout the day tomorrow. Write
down examples of when you used this ZIPPER
approach in a real life scenario.