Self Control
What is Self Control?
Self-control is the ability to manage your actions, feelings and emotions
If you have something to say in class, you should do what?
Raise your hand.
Is this self-control?
You feel sad after a bad phone call and decide to journal.
Yes
If someone threatens to hit you, how should you respond?
walk away
tell staff
ignore them
You really want to talk about your home pass with peer, but it is school time. What should you do?
Wait until class is over
Wait until you are allowed to talk
What does self control look like?
Students who have outstanding self-control are students who raises their hand to speak, uses kind words, plays fair, takes turns, walks quietly in the hallway, uses their inside voice, respects classroom equipment, and keeps hands & feet to self.
What can you do if you are starting to feel out of control at school?
What is ask to go get water to calm down, take deep breathes, ask to talk to an adult (teacher or counselor)
Is this self-control?
You yell about how gross dinner is and flip your tray on the floor?
No
You let a peer borrow your Rubick's Cube and now you want it back, what can you do?
ask them for it back
You feel annoyed when a group member is being silly and isn't helping you with a school project.
What should you do?
Get help, ignore, count to 10
Name 3 ways you can control your actions.
No hitting, no pushing, no yelling, remain still, lay your head down, sit down and relax, find a quiet place, stop and think
You see a pen on a friend's desk and want to use it.
What should you do?
Leave it alone, Ask permission, or find another one
Is this self-control?
You are told you have to wait a minute to be able to do what you want so you start ripping things off the wall.
No
You are on precautions for plan to elope and can no longer go swimming. You are mad that you can't go swimming. How should you respond?
Do nothing, you are responsible for your actions and the consequences that go with them.
You feel angry when a friend laughs at your artwork.
What should you do?
Count to 10, ignore them, talk it out
What can you do if you feel like you won't be able to control yourself in a situation.
Leave if possible
use a coping skill
Your teacher says it's time to put your laptops away, but you don't want to.
What should you do?
Listen, put the laptop away
Is this self-control?
You found a screw on the ground transitioning from school and took it with you. Before dinner you decide to turn it over to staff.
During work time, you want to get up and talk with a friend.
What should you do?
Keep quiet, sit still, don't interrupt others
Wait until class is over
Wait until it is an acceptable time to talk
You are angry when a friend starts cheating in a game.
What should you do?
Count to 10, relax, talk it out, tell the friend to play fair, ask an adult for help, go back over the rules
True or False: I can control everything around me in all situations?
False
Alex called out in class when her teacher didn't call on her.
Is she using self-control? Why or why not?
No, because she didn't wait and she is interrupting class.
Is this self-control?
You are tired of being here and you decide to elope and make a plan to run tonight.
No
A peer dares you to trip another friend to make others laugh.
What should you do?
Ignore them
Dont do it
Ana feels angry with a friend so she walks away.
Is she using self-control? Why or why not?
Yes, she is walking away to calm down and think about the situation so she doesn't react aggressively.