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Strong Impulse

Control Checklist

(Deliberateness /Inhibition)

I DEMONSTRATED
SKILL
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.