Impulse Control
What do good listening skills look like?
Eye contact
No interrupting
Paying attention to the speaker
How can we make new friends?
Ask someone to play a game/play on playground
Give someone a compliment
Ask someone to sit next to you
What can we do if we need help with something?
Ask the teacher or an adult for help
Ask a friend for help
What can we do if we are feeling sad?
Play with a favorite game or toy
Color a picture
Go to our safe space
What can we do to make ourselves feel good?
Meditate
Deep Breathing
Grounding Skills (3,2,1 method)
What can we do if we are feeling hyper?
Take a 5 minute break to do jumping jacks
Tell an adult that we are feeling antsy
Take a drink of water
What can we do if someone is not nice to us?
Tell them that was not nice
Tell a teacher or an adult
How can we tell our family, friends, and teachers that we care about them?
Make them a picture or card
Tell them
Be a good listener for them
What can we do if we are feeling angry?
Squeeze a ball or stuffed animal
Meditate or deep breathing
Tell a friend or an adult that we need support
What can we do if we get in trouble?
Learn from our mistakes: make sure we do not make the same mistake again
Explain why we made the mistake and ask how we can do better