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Keeping Your Cool: A 16-Week EPICS Anger Management Curriculum
A course created for teachers, parents, behavioral health professionals, school administrators, community leaders, and caretakers to help youth obtain strong mental, emotional and behavioral awareness and coping strategies.
Keeping Your Cool: A 16-Week EPICS Anger Management Curriculum, developed by EPICS CEO/Founder Vanessa Cox, is designed to help inner-city youth explore and understand the relationship between race, culture and anger. Understanding the culturally-specific challenges of this population of youth is critical to the development of their ability to manage anger effectively, increase their positive self-image and reduce maladaptive social behaviors.
What You Can Expect
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This curriculum innovatively incorporates discussions of relevant cultural experiences, as they relate to racism, poverty, trauma and community violence, and how they impact the lives and mental health of inner-city urban youth.
RESEARCH
The curriculum includes research on anger management, reference studies on urban youth and provide in-depth insights on youth in inner-city communities.
LESSON PLANS
The curriculum helps instructors work with children to identify sources of anger, understand relevant cultural experiences and develop anger management strategies and problem-solving skills.
ACTIVITIES
Instructors will have access to interactive activities designed to help students further their understanding of each lesson and practice the strategies and skills they have learned.
About The Author
Vanessa Cox, MA, LPC, CAADC, Founder and CEO of EPICS, is driven by her personal mission to live with integrity and make a difference in the lives of others. With over 30 years of clinical and administrative experience, Mrs. Cox has worked with a diverse range of populations, including low-income families, adolescents as well as individuals with strained family systems, persistent mental illness, chronic homelessness and more. Mrs. Cox lives in Missouri with her loving husband, Fred Cox. Her relationship with God and Christian faith has been the key to her success and accomplishments.
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