Puppy Tales Ii: Emotions

By James Vought

Puppy Tales II teaches children to identify, label, understand, and cope with emotions. The book has five short stories. The stories main characters are dogs. In the stories, the dogs support one another as they cope with strong feelings. One story is about happiness and how that emotion relates to ones values. Another story is about anger and how to cope with the feeling versus getting upset and acting impulsively. A third story is about sadness and shows children how to use the opposite action along with changing their thoughts to help them change their feelings. A fourth story is about frustration and teaches children how being appropriately assertive can change their feelings. A fifth story is about the emotion fear and helps children know how their bodies react and when to ask for help. The book was written to teach social and emotional skills to elementary schoolaged children. The book teaches the skills with fun and entertaining stories and would be a must read for children who love dogs or have pets.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 12, 2017
• ISBN: 9781546211921

James Vought

James (Jim) Vought has a Master’s Degree in Psychology. He has been working at a counseling center in southeast Massachusetts, and helping children with emotional problems through the process of Wraparound to stay on track and obtain their goals. He has worked providing mental health services to children, adults, and families for more than 30 years. He has taught psychology courses at the local community college. He and Jo-Ellen, his wife, have become therapy dog handlers.

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Published by AuthorHouse 10/11/2017

ISBN: 978-1-5462-1191-4 (sc)

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PUPPY Tales II

Emotions

JAMES VOUGHT

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ANGER

Managing Feelings and Actions with the STAR Plan

FEAR

How Your Mind and Body React

FRUSTRATION

HAPPINESS

SADNESS

Feeling Happier by Using the Opposite Action and Positive Thinking

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to thank my friends, family, colleagues, and the children who read my stories and provided feedback, encouragement, and support to publish the book. I would like to thank Ursula Wyllie, Lynne Vought, Jo-Ellen Vought, Dave Vinton, Christine Denis, Merrin Titelbaum, and Jaxen Lewis. I want to thank Regina Gelfer for her wonderful illustrations. I would like to thank Bob Bartlett for his photograph of myself with Casey.

ANGER

Managing Feelings and Actions with the STAR Plan

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B y all accounts, it was a lazy Saturday morning. Bridget, the long-haired dachshund, and Phillip, the short-haired dachshund, were sitting and watching their Missy Jo-Ellen cook something on the stove. Casey, the Australian Shepherd, was lying beside the stove. The dogs liked to help Jo-Ellen cook. Oftentimes, when Jo-Ellen chops up food, the dogs would get a little piece. That morning, Jo-Ellen gave them a piece of carrot which she had chopped up to put into the soup she was cooking. As Bridget finished crunching down her carrot, she said to Phillip and Casey, What do you call a carrot that talks back to you? When both shook their heads and said that they did not know, Bridget said, A fresh vegetable. Both Phillip and Casey laughed and enjoyed the joke.

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Jimmy walked into the kitchen from the living room where he was watching the morning news. He asked, What are you making? It smells good.

Jo-Ellen