Control impulsivity through personal strategy development
University entrance
Antisocial behaviour:
Abusive
Physically desructive
Redirect destructive energies into creative activities
Score 80’s and 90’s in each subject in HSC
Expelled from school, fired from job
Develop strong strategic planning skills
Accepted into school after repeated expulsions
Severe cases are borderline criminals
Residual concentration problems improve with self directed strategies that increase concentration over time
Complete successful year in a regular curriculum
Problem areas:
Planning
Goal setting
Sequential concentration
Learning and studying at TAFE. Formerly unable to learn
Meaningful employment after repeatedly fired from jobs due to impulsive temper. Reading and writing effectively.
Clients failing to improve are unwilling to commit themselves to the exercises. One committed suicide; another had a nervous breakdown and is now considered an invalid; another progressed into taking drugs.
