The Mad Jacket (TM) helps children physically experience the weight of holding onto negative feelings and grudges. It even has buttons ready for pushing! It's effective for group or classroom use to help children release angry feelings. ![]()
How Would You Like To Carry Eight Pounds
of Heavy Weight On Your Shoulders?
Remember How it Feels To Be Mad
and Hold It In?
HEAVY!!!Teachers can use The Mad Jacket (TM) to help children learn to release angry feelings. Counselors can use it with the child who has been physically or sexually abused to help him talk about the people who have done things that make him angry and what pushes his buttons. The 14 cloth bags which hold the sand weights in the pockets have pictures of the most common people with whom children are angry -- Dad, Mom, Brothers, Sisters and Grandparents.
Children want to do well. They want to understand their negative feelings. They want to let go of their mads. The Mad Jacket (TM) helps children to learn positive skills of coping with conflict. Our ideas will help you teach children to take care of themselves in times of stress and reduce angry outbreaks.
The Mad Jacket (TM)
The Mad Jacket (TM) is made of middle weight red cotton. You add sand to the inner plastic bags which fit inside the cloth bags with pictures to avoid paying for 8 eight extra pounds of shipping. Note: Minor hand sewing involved.
Nine lesson plans include: USE YOUR WORDS, NOT YOUR FISTS... expressing anger in socially acceptable ways. LETTING YOUR MADS OUT... identifying where anger is stored in the body and releasing it before it builds up. WEIGHTED DOWN WITH ANGER... learning to release anger symbolically in safe and fun ways. WHAT TO DO WHEN PARENTS FIGHT ...taking care of yourself when there is adult conflict. And more.
#140 The Mad Jacket (TM) * $59.95 each.
Hurting Children
From Unhappy Homes
Need Positive Role ModelsThat one of the biggest weights on children is family fighting and the fear of divorce. That marital conflict is one of the biggest stressors on children? The Journal of Family Psychology devoted an entire issue to the effects of family discord on young people. (Vol 8, June, 1994)
Did You Know? A good relationship with a positive adult outside the family helps children from dysfunctional homes cope more effectively. Children from dysfunctional families who found someone to believe in them and encourage them became successful in later life. They formed alliances with teachers, counselors, coaches or other meaningful adults and adopted more healthy ways of coping with stress. Resilient children from unhappy homes used new skills learned outside the home to become high achievers and do well in life Teachers and counselors on the front line are in a valuable position to become a meaningful force in young people's lives.
"Your ideas presented in The Mad Jacket lesson plans have helped me with the angry boys in my therapy group. Now that everyone is talking about their mads, they don't act out as much."
-- Harry Jeffries, Ph.D.
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CONTENTS
Solutions For Your Discipline Problems
Violence Prevention Activities
I Am Many Parts
Helping Children Deal With Anger
Time Out For Peace
Help Kids Take Responsibility For Their Behavior
Let Go Of Your Mads with the Mad Jacket
50 Things To Do With Anger
How To Let Go Book For Grown-Ups
Doormat Syndrome Book
TO ORDER
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TO ORDER
Karen Armstrong
Talk, Trust & Feel Therapeutics
1120 Buchanan Avenue
Charleston, IL 61902
Phone: (217) 345-2982
Fax: 801-681-2285
Email: talktrustfeel@yahoo.com
(Note: Email and Fax orders are given higher priority than phone calls!)
____ #100 Stop Bully Behavior Kit --- $89.95
____ #101 Manual Bully Behavior --- $39.95
____ #121 Many Parts Kit- Early Childhood --- $79.95
____ #122 Many Parts, EC Manual --- $34.95
____ #123 Many Parts Elem --- $79.95
____ #124 Many Parts Elem. Manual --- $34.95
____ #130 Anger Works Kit --- $79.95
____ #131 Anger Works Manual --- $35.95
____ #140 Mad Jacket --- $59.95
____ #150 Super Waiter Cape --- $24.95
____ #151 Quiet Voice Cape ---$24.95
____ #152 Hands to Myself Cape --- $24.95
____ #160 Time Out Kit --- $34.95
____ #161 Time Out Manual --- $9.95
____ #200 The Mad Family Book --- $9.95
____ #600 How To Let Go Book --- $9.95
____ #650 Doormat Syndrome Book --- $12.95
____ #700 Avoiding Relapse: Catching Your Inner Con --- $11.95
SUBTOTAL _______________________
Illinois residents please add 6.25% sales tax
Arizona residents please add 5.00% sales tax
Shipping & Handling
- $9-25 - Add $3.00
- $26-46 - Add $5.00
- $46-75 - Add $9.00
- $76-100 - Add $11.00
- Over $100 combine ranges to calculate
TOTAL _______________________
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Free Gifts:
- Order over $50.00 : The Bad Feelings Part and Lesson Plans
- Order over $100.00: Lifted Spirits Memo Pad, and Bad Feelings Part
- Order over $150.00: The Feel Bad Because I'm Different Part, Memo Pad & Bad Feelings Part
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Teachers and therapists
can request a free catalog
by sending a stamped self-addressed business envelope
to Talk, Trust & Feel
5398 Golder Ranch Road
Tucson, AZ 85739.© 2001 Talk, Trust And Feel Therapeutics
1120 Buchanan Avenue * Charleston, IL 61920
(217) 345-2982 * Fax: 801-681-2285
Email: talktrustfeel@yahoo.com
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