Impulse Control Activities for Elementary School Students

By: Tonia Caselman and Joshua Cantwell

This book provides activities and reproducible worksheets to help students think about and practice strategies to become more reflective (vs. impulsive). Using cognitive-behavioral theory and techniques it is intended to provide school personnel with tools to teach students how to stop and think before acting. The games role-plays and worksheets are presented in a playful but thoughtful manner to help engage children while they learn invaluable lessons about how to use self-control techniques. The entire collection of reproducibles is available for download.

The activities are designed to teach students how to:

• Understand the value of impulse control
• Use patience and tolerance
• Anticipate consequences
• Practice good problem-solving strategies
• Recognize and manage feelings
• Use Impulse control with peers
• Practice good listening skills
• Be the Boss of impulses
• Use impulse control with anger and anxiety
• And more!