Slowing myself down Picturing myself controlling myself Look at things in the room Someone who does control Be proud of controlling yourself Will- power Listen to your body Writing it down Drawing Deep breaths Movement Someone who also is working on it Changing your thoughts Consequences Noise Tell someone you did it My body moves a lot faster Waiting to eat Coping Strategy Fidget Do other favorite activity Walking away from it My happy thought or place Counting to 10 before making a bad choice Knowing your body signs I controlled myself before My thoughts start racing What are you working toward Waiting in traffic Switch bad thought to good thought Triggers Pet Peeves Listen to your thoughts I start swearing Thinking about something else Slowing myself down Picturing myself controlling myself Look at things in the room Someone who does control Be proud of controlling yourself Will- power Listen to your body Writing it down Drawing Deep breaths Movement Someone who also is working on it Changing your thoughts Consequences Noise Tell someone you did it My body moves a lot faster Waiting to eat Coping Strategy Fidget Do other favorite activity Walking away from it My happy thought or place Counting to 10 before making a bad choice Knowing your body signs I controlled myself before My thoughts start racing What are you working toward Waiting in traffic Switch bad thought to good thought Triggers Pet Peeves Listen to your thoughts I start swearing Thinking about something else
(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-Slowing myself down
B-Picturing myself controlling myself
O-Look at things in the room
B-Someone who does control
B-Be proud of controlling yourself
O-Will-power
N-Listen to your body
I-Writing it down
B-Drawing
G-Deep breaths
N-Movement
N-Someone who also is working on it
I-Changing your thoughts
G-Consequences
I-Noise
I-Tell someone you did it
G-My body moves a lot faster
I-Waiting to eat
I-Coping Strategy
B-Fidget
G-Do other favorite activity
G-Walking away from it
O-My happy thought or place
I-Counting to 10 before making a bad choice
N-Knowing your body signs
O-I controlled myself before
O-My thoughts start racing
O-What are you working toward
N-Waiting in traffic
B-Switch bad thought to good thought
N-Triggers Pet Peeves
G-Listen to your thoughts
O-I start swearing
B-Thinking about something else