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Impulse Control

Impulse control is a skill used to resist or control urges, desires, etc. Impulse control is an important skill beginning in early childhood. For example, a child is taught to resist the urge to take a toy from a peer, hit when upset, or run across the street when the ball rolled away. Adults use impulse control to maintain a healthy diet, stay calm when upset or frustrated at work, buy an expensive item at the store, etc. Impulse control is addressed by occupational therapists to maintain safety, positive social relationships, and succeed in daily occupations.

Reference links

  • Effects of Exercise and Physical Activity On Anxiety 1
    www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
    Author: Elizabeth Anderson1 and Geetha Shivakumar1,2, - Exercise and cognitively based distraction techniques were shown to have equal effectiveness at reducing state anxiety, however, exercise was more effective in reducing trait anxiety (Petruzzello et al., 1991).

Activity List(s)

Visual Schedule Cards

Goal Bank

  • Given 1" blocks, Conchita will stack a tower of 5/6 blocks without throwing them on 3 out of 4 attempts as measured by observation and data collection to demonstrate impulse control and visual-spatial skills, over 6 therapy sessions. 2
  • Milo will engage in a tabletop task for 10 minutes to successfully participate in classroom dynamic, with visual and 50% verbal redirection to task, in 4/5 trials. 0
  • Sarah will cut across a piece of paper in 4/5 trials in 4 /5 sessions, with minimal assistance and 25% verbal cues to promote separation of sides of hands and eye-hand coordination for optimal participation in a school setting. 0

Resources

  • Holiday Breakfast Menu preview

    Holiday Breakfast Menu

    Glenna Nave

    Restaurant Ordering Food Resources. Daily Living. Occupational therapy. Handwriting Resource. The holiday breakfast menu features an assortment of breakfast foods and prices to create your own brea...

    Includes activity list

    4

  • Draw a Pig With Kiki preview

    Draw a Pig With Kiki

    Bethany Ayer

    Drawing Resource. Occupational Therapy Resource. Use this resource to draw a pig. This can be used as a drawing, handwriting, and pre handwriting activity as well as for a visual-spatial exercise

    Includes activity list

    2

  • Two-Step Directions At School preview

    Two-Step Directions At School

    Kevin Dias

    With this resource you can work on having your patient follow two-step directions for situations they may often encounter at school.

    Includes activity list

    3