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Skills that support helpful (pro-social & pro-learning) behaviour

THINKING SPEED RED AMBER GREEN

3. AUDITORY & VERBAL PROCESSING

I can make sense of a conversation/information I am hearing fast enough to keep up with. If this is hard for me, I ask people to slow down.

I can follow instructions accurately. If this is hard for me, I have ways to manage, such as asking people to repeat or recording instructions.

I can follow directions accurately. If this is hard for me, I have ways to manage, such as asking people to repeat or recording directions.

I can retrieve facts from memory to answer questions within the expected amount of time. If this is hard for me, I am practising ways to speed
up.

I can quickly recall mathematical facts such as multiplication facts. If this is hard for me, I am practising to increase my recall speed.

I can listen and take notes, keeping up with information given. If it gets too hard for me, I ask people to slow down or have ways to record.

I can think of ideas and explain them at the same speed as other people my age. If this is hard, I am practising ways to increase my speed.

I notice ways in which people let me know how things are for them with their tone of voice. If this is hard for me, I am practising to improve.