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Help children to understand when their strengths are


       helpful and not so helpful






                                 Rigidity is helpful when:                                                          Flexibility is helpful when:
                                 ▪   Staying determined to finish a job                                             ▪   Needing to think through different
                                 ▪   Staying loyal to a cause or person                                                 ways to solve a problem

                                 ▪   Saying no when under pressure to do                                            ▪   Thinking things through from different
                                     something unhelpful or dangerous                                                   perspectives
                                 ▪   Exploring a topic in depth and with                                            ▪   Compromising so all in the group feel

                                     passion – becoming an expert.                                                      ok
                                                                                                                    ▪   Managing a change to what was
                                                                                                                        expected
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