This program guide was written to help teach young people effective anger management skills geared toward adolescents of middle school age and intended for in class use the sessions are readily adaptable for use in small group or individual contexts the main goal is to help youngsters gain the awareness and skills to manage their anger so that they can achieve self control and develop a repertoire of prosocial behaviors the material is divided into ten sessions which can be adjusted to . A 10 session anger management program using a whole class format was offered in a therapeutic day school for early adolescents with serious emotional or behavioral problems booster sessions to help students maintain achieved gains were integral to the program participants exhibited a reduction in peer fighting an increase in talking things out with a counselor when angry and an increase in using anger logs at the 4 month follow up students who received booster sessions continued to . In control a skill building program for teaching young adolescents to manage anger champaign il research press 2001 160 p users without a subscription are not able to see the full content please subscribe or login to access all content. Request pdf in control a skill building program for teaching young adolescents to manage anger this program guide was written to help teach young people effective anger management skills. In control is a complete skill building program the 10 sessions follow a succinct interactive methodology that tempts even the most guarded youngster into participation each lesson can be modified by the user to reach a variety of populations in a multitude of settings ie classroom behavioral health facility therapy session detention facility etc ann e