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Strong Impulse Control

Checklist (Deliberateness / Inhibition)

SKILL I DEMONSTRATED THIS SKILL

SELF-CHECKING/MONITORING

I can check regularly for accuracy as I go along with a task.

INHIBITING DESIRE / TOLERANCE

I can tolerate the unpleasant feeling of challenge and difficulty in a task to keep going
until it is complete.

I can tolerate the unpleasant feeling of repetition or lack of interest in a task to keep
going until it is complete.

I can start less interesting parts of a task first and avoid the urge to start with the
interesting less important ones.

INHIBITION: VERBAL

I can hold the urge to share an answer before the question is finished.

I can hold the urge to share my thoughts, opinions or ideas and wait to take my turn in a
conversation.

I can hold an idea or thought and build on the previous speaker’s comments rather than
changing topic.