Middle School

Impulse Control Techniques That Work for Children by Amy Morin, LCSW from Very Well Family.

Listen to a NPR podcast about the why teenagers are more impulsive.

Listen to a short NPR podcast about the Marshmallow test.

Engage young people in a discussion about their self-talk. First, ask them what they say to them selves when triggered to engage in a behavior that may go against their values. Second, ask if their self-talk generates positive or negative feelings. Last, challenge them to create a new self-talk mantra that may increase positive feelings and impulse control. 

Engage young people in a values and impulse control exercise by building your Family Code. Youth are more likely to say 'no' to risky behavior when they know their own values and how their family expects them to act when faced with tempting situations.

Take a formal assessment to determine your level and type of impulsive behavior with the Impulsive Behavior Scale (UPPS-P) Scale.

Take a quiz to determine how much self-control you have.

Take the self-compassion scale by Kristin Neff, PhD to assess how you act toward yourself during difficult times. 

The Empathy Quotient (EQ) is a 60-item questionnaire designed to measure empathy in adults. The test was developed by Simon Baron-Cohen at ARC (the Autism Research Centre) at the University of Cambridge.

How empathic are you? Take this empathy quiz from the Greater Good Science Center.