52-Hour Anger Management Class Online

People search for "52 hour" and "52 week" anger management as if they were the same. They are not, and mixing them up can cost you time.

• 52 hours is an amount of class time. You can do it at your own pace. One hour a week takes about a year. A few hours a week takes a few months.
• 52 weeks is a length of time. A 52-week program usually means one group session every week for a year. Each session is often 90 minutes to 2 hours, so a year adds up to far more than 52 hours.

If your paperwork says "52 weeks," don't guess. Ask your officer what they mean and how many hours they need.

In many states, a 52-week order comes from a domestic violence case. Those orders usually call for a Batterer Intervention Program (BIP), also called a BIPP or batterer's program. It must come from a provider on a state or county list.

In California, for example, a domestic violence probation case usually requires a 52-week batterer's program. It meets every week for at least a year, and the county probation department decides which providers count.

This course is not a Batterer Intervention Program (BIP) and is not a substitute for one. Good Standing Courses is not on any state or county provider list. If your order says "domestic violence program," "batterer's program," "BIP," "BIPP" or "from the approved list," this course will not meet it. Ask your officer which programs they accept. Our California guide explains how that state handles it.

A 52-hour class may fit you if:

• Your paperwork says "52 hours" of anger management, and it is not a domestic violence program order.
• Your officer wants weekly work over a long time, and agrees that 52 hours of anger management education will count.
• An employer, licensing board or school asked for a long anger management course.

The course has two parts that are mixed together.

24 one-hour lessons. These are the same lessons as our 24-hour course. They start with the basics: what anger is, your triggers and warning signs, how to cool down, and how to change angry thoughts. Then they move to speaking up without a fight, solving conflicts, and anger at home, at work and on the road. The later lessons cover jealousy and trust, how the past shapes your reactions, alcohol and drugs, money stress, repairing harm, parenting without yelling, and respect and pride. The last lesson builds your long-term anger control plan.

28 one-hour practice weeks. A practice week is where the skills turn into habits. Each one has:

1. A weekly anger log. You write down what made you angry that week, how strong it felt, and what you did.
2. A skill review of what you learned in the lesson before.
3. Two practice scenarios. You read a real-life situation and choose how to handle it.
4. A plan for next week. One small, clear goal.
5. A short quiz.

Each lesson is followed by its practice week, so you learn a skill and then practice it. The extra practice weeks add more review, and the course ends with a final review.

• A timed study log. The timer counts active time only, like reading, listening and doing exercises. It stops when you walk away. Your hours are saved on our server. How the timer works →
• Lesson quizzes after each lesson, and a final test that opens only after the whole course is done.
• A progress report you can share with your probation officer at any time. It shows how many hours and weeks you have done.

Because the course is self-paced, you set the speed. If your officer wants you to work on it every week, the progress report lets them see that you are keeping up.

• An enrollment letter you can send as soon as you start.
• A certificate of completion with a certificate ID and a QR code.
• A public check page. Your officer can enter the certificate ID and your last name at /verify to confirm it is real.

The course works on your phone, and every lesson has audio narration, so you can listen instead of read. We never ask for your case number, court or date of birth.

Your court or officer decides whether a certificate counts, not us. Ask:

1. "Is this an anger management condition, or a domestic violence program condition?"
2. "Do you need 52 hours, or 52 weekly sessions?"
3. "Will you accept an online, self-paced class?"

Our page for probation officers explains how hours are logged and how to check a certificate. For more on how acceptance works, read will a court accept an online class?