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Strong Impulse

Control Checklist

(Deliberateness /Inhibition)

SKILL RAG

1. SELF-CHECKING/MONITORING

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

2. TOLERANCE CONTROL

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.

3. INHIBITING DESIRE

I can hold a feeling of desire to say or do something and have

ways to manage it rather than acting upon it immediately (e.g. I

can hold the urge to buy something, make a noise, leave my seat,

move around ).

I can wait to take a turn in a game, task or conversation. I can

hold the urge to interrupt, push in or start.

I can stop and resist the urge to take part in exciting yet ‘risky’

behaviours.

I can start less interesting parts of a task first and avoid the urge

to start with the interesting less important ones.