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Brain Needs Answers
Brain Needs Questions

1. The 3 main categories of needs are:
8. Can you name the 6 Executive Function (also known as the ‘Control Centre’
➢ Physical (basic physical & sensory),
skills)? How about the 6 skills related to these?

➢ Emotional (People Around Me & World Around Me)

What is the model we use to explain how we all have different
9. ➢ Learning needs (the fancy term being Executive Function Skills) and
levels of need?
the six related skills (Control Centre Skills 2).

10. What are the Big 5C needs which summarise all of our needs?
2. The 6 Physical needs: water, food, sleep, pain free, right
temperature, physical exercise (feeling fit).

3. The 6 Sensory needs: light, sound, proprioception, smell, tactile,

level of interest.

4. The 6 People Around Me needs: cared for and supported by adults;

liked by peers; sense of belonging; feeling I count and am an important

part of the group; feeling ok and accepted as the person I am; feeling

listened to and understood.