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8. 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 ways
                                      ▪    Staying loyal to a cause or person                                      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 ok

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