Deep breaths Look at things in the room Noise Consequences Be proud of controlling yourself Thinking about something else Tell someone you did it Changing your thoughts My body moves a lot faster Do other favorite activity Switch bad thought to good thought Coping Strategy My happy thought or place Triggers Pet Peeves Slowing myself down Will- power I start swearing My thoughts start racing What are you working toward Counting to 10 before making a bad choice Waiting to eat Someone who also is working on it Fidget Someone who does control Movement Picturing myself controlling myself Drawing Writing it down Listen to your thoughts Listen to your body I controlled myself before Walking away from it Waiting in traffic Knowing your body signs Deep breaths Look at things in the room Noise Consequences Be proud of controlling yourself Thinking about something else Tell someone you did it Changing your thoughts My body moves a lot faster Do other favorite activity Switch bad thought to good thought Coping Strategy My happy thought or place Triggers Pet Peeves Slowing myself down Will- power I start swearing My thoughts start racing What are you working toward Counting to 10 before making a bad choice Waiting to eat Someone who also is working on it Fidget Someone who does control Movement Picturing myself controlling myself Drawing Writing it down Listen to your thoughts Listen to your body I controlled myself before Walking away from it Waiting in traffic Knowing your body signs
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
G-Deep breaths
O-Look at things in the room
I-Noise
G-Consequences
B-Be proud of controlling yourself
B-Thinking about something else
I-Tell someone you did it
I-Changing your thoughts
G-My body moves a lot faster
G-Do other favorite activity
B-Switch bad thought to good thought
I-Coping Strategy
O-My happy thought or place
N-Triggers Pet Peeves
G-Slowing myself down
O-Will-power
O-I start swearing
O-My thoughts start racing
O-What are you working toward
I-Counting to 10 before making a bad choice
I-Waiting to eat
N-Someone who also is working on it
B-Fidget
B-Someone who does control
N-Movement
B-Picturing myself controlling myself
B-Drawing
I-Writing it down
G-Listen to your thoughts
N-Listen to your body
O-I controlled myself before
G-Walking away from it
N-Waiting in traffic
N-Knowing your body signs