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Questions for Unit 7: Brain Stress
Brain Needs Answers
1. The 3 main categories of needs are:
1. What is a stressor?
➢ Physical (basic physical & sensory),
2. ➢ Emotional (People Around Me & World Around Me)
What types of stressors are there?
➢ Learning needs (the fancy term being Executive Function Skills) and
the six related skills (Control Centre Skills 2).
3. What are the three different things that can happen when
someone experiences a stressor?
2. The 6 Physical needs: water, food, sleep, pain free, right
temperature, physical exercise (feeling fit).
4. Why is it that some children find it really easy in school and
manage stressors so well?
3. The 6 Sensory needs: light, sound, proprioception, smell, tactile,
level of interest.
5. Why are some children more sensitive or vulnerable to stress and do
not manage stressors so well?
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
6. part of the group; feeling ok and accepted as the person I am; feeling
Why might some children be more sensitive to stressors even though
they have had great experiences, good attachments and loving,
listened to and understood.
supportive, stress-free homes?
