Task Initiation
What is the name for the effect that encourages to work in short bursts with little breaks?
Pomodoro
What is Task Persistence?
Task persistence is the ability to continue working on a task despite facing difficulties, obstacles, or failures. It is an important skill that influences educational achievement and overall task performance.
What is time management?
The management of time in order to make the most out of it.
True or False, knowing what triggers you can help with impulse control?
True!
True or False: Self esteem helps with impulse control?
True
Why does allowing yourself to start but not finish tasks count as an executive functioning skill?
Breaking big task into smaller pieces is an organizational skill and about feasibility.
How can setting clear goals help?
Because vague goals can never be met and don't feel like accomplishments.
True or false: You need timers and a planner to be good at time management?
False, there are many ways to get organized that you can tailor to yourself. Some people use planners and timers, but having a kinetic to do list works just as well.
Slow down, use mindfulness, practice, and CBT
Is it harder or easier to make friends with good emotional regulation?
Easier!
True or false: Using urgency as a motivator to do school work causes more stress?
True
How does breaking tasks into small steps help motivate you to keep going?
Because it helps you see/feel like you're making progress when you check things off your list.
Why does knowing how you spend your time help with time management?
It gives you a relastic esstimate of how long certain tasks take you
How does paying attention to your needs help with impulse control?
If you pay attention, you can respond to your needs in the moment and with intention, which makes you more stable.
Why is this harder if you have ADHD?
Many people who are nuerodivergent experience shame-based motivation, which makes them have low self-esteem and impacts impulse control
Which task initiation skill would be best for starting dishes you don't want to start?
Allowing yourself not to finish
How does adding a reward at the end help you persist in tasks?
If you have the discipline to wait to reward yourself at the end of the task, you start to associate persistence with reward while building frustration tolerence.
What does organizing your physical space have to do with time management?
Less time to find things and less distractions
Let's say someone has an impulse control problem with spending. What is something they could do to spend money less impulsively?
Slow down the process of getting access to their money- maybe you have a checking account that takes two days to clear, or you physically delete your bank app icon so that you have to find it another way- making access more difficult helps your thinking catch up with your impulse.
How does CBT help with impulse control?
It can help challenge your automatic thoughts or assumptions, which allows you to slow down and respond, not react.
Name 5 task initiation skills
Pomodoro effect, starting in the middle, allowing yourself to start without finishing, using rewards to make associations with work positive, task pairing, connecting the task to a long-term goal.
Can you name 4 task persistence interventions?
Set clear goals, reward at the end, use the Pomodoro effect, break tasks into small pieces, connecting tasks to long term goals, completing tasks in places without distractions (like the library)
Name 5 time management skills
Knowing how you spend your time, prioritize your time on the most important tasks, using a planning tool that works for you (can be written or kinetic), timers or external accountability, and organize your physical space.
What is "distress tolerence" and what does it have to do with impulse control?
Distress tolerance is your ability to sit with feeling uncomfortable. Being able to tolerate difficult feelings- like wanting something you cannot have, helps you respond with more intention.
Explain why it helps emotional regulation to share how you are feeling?
We're meant to co-regulate sometimes and if you can share how you are feeling it often diffuses the situation