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Interruption Control

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What therapy helps a child learn interruption control?

Interruption control is part of a child's developing inhibition control — an executive function still growing between ages 3 and 7. It is supported through special education with playful self-regulation and behavioural strategies, often alongside speech-language therapy, that teach a child to pause, wait their turn and choose when to speak. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

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Helping your child practise interruption control at home

Help a child practise interruption control through warm everyday routines: use a visible turn-taking cue, name and signal the pause, follow through so waiting leads to being heard, and praise the moment your child holds back. Keep waits short, then stretch gently.

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How can I help my child learn interruption control at home?

Help your 3-to-7-year-old learn interruption control through playful turn-taking games, a simple visible "wait" signal, very short waits that grow gradually, and warm praise the moment they pause — this strengthens the developing inhibition skill.

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What is one Everyday Therapy activity to help my child with interruption control?

Try the "Talking Token" game: whoever holds a small object gets to talk while others wait, turning the abstract rule of turn-taking into something a 3–7-year-old can see and hold. Played for five playful minutes a day, it grows inhibition control — the brain's brake — far better than reminders to stop interrupting.

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