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LEARNING NEEDS CHECK: EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SKILLS















                                                                                                                                  Will it be easy to keep my brain &
      Is the information at the right   Is the amount of information ok   Can I focus my attention ok on   Can I be flexible in this situation?   Will it be easy for me to manage   body at the right emotional &
      pace for me?             for me to hold in my mind?  this task?                                    any unhelpful desires?
                                                                                                                                  energy levels for the task?
      If not, could I ask for things to be   If the information is too much,   If holding my attention is hard,   Could I try Working Out Windows   Would it help to have a buddy?   What would help me to feel
      explained more slowly? Could I   could I ask the person to give me   what would help? Movement   to help for now? For the future,   Sit somewhere different? What   soothed for now? A walk? What
      record and listen again? Could I   key points? Could I ask for a   breaks? Working with someone?   what adult could help me   would make helpful habits easier   strategies could I start practising
      have a prompt sheet to help?  diagram or pictures to help?  Working in a quiet room?   improve my Flexible Thinking?  and unhelpful habits harder?  to help me self-soothe quickly?
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