
This structured PDF presentation (full lesson) is designed for teenagers and adults with ASD and executive functioning deficits. It explains what impulse control is, why acting before thinking happens, and teaches practical, evidence-based strategies for creating a pause between an urge and an action.
What is covered:
- What Is Impulse Control: a clear, literal explanation of noticing an urge, pausing, and choosing what to do
*** Why Do We Act Before Thinking:** quick responses, immediate rewards, strong feelings, and situation triggers - Why This Can Be Harder for Individuals with ASD: social timing, strong interests, early body signals, predicting reactions, and ADHD overlap
- The Universal Struggle: reassurance that this is a widely shared difficulty, including personality, sleep, ADHD, anxiety, and mood conditions
- What Impulse Control Struggles Can Look Like: recognising the signs, including interrupting, fast replies, and spending
- Examples: the excited interruption, and the fast reply
- Strategies for Building Impulse Control Skills: the Pause Count, the Note It Down Rule, the Ask First Question, the 24-Hour Rule, the Trigger Plan, and the Extra Step
- Evidence-Based Techniques: Urge Tracking, and Behaviour Chain Analysis, drawn from DBT and mindfulness-based approaches
- Practice Scenarios and Generalised Feedback: realistic scenarios with feedback
- Practical Tips and Key Takeaways
Suitable for:
- Teenagers and adults with ASD and executive functioning deficits aged 13+
- 1:1 sessions or small group work
- SEN specialists, instructors, support workers, and parents
Format: PDF presentation
Session time: Approximately 1 hour
All content uses clear, literal, and neutral language throughout. Resources are universally applicable, with no political, ideological, or religious content.
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