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Brain Needs Answers
Brain Shaping Questions

1. The 3 main categories of needs are:

1. What helps to build strong brain circuitry?
➢ Physical (basic physical & sensory),

➢ Emotional (People Around Me & World Around Me)
2. What are the four main causes of poor or different neural
➢ Learning needs (the fancy term being Executive Function Skills) and
circuitry cited within the training?
the six related skills (Control Centre Skills 2).

2. The 6 Physical needs: water, food, sleep, pain free, right
3. What are the different Adverse Childhood Experiences?
temperature, physical exercise (feeling fit).

4. What impact can Adverse Childhood Experiences have on a child?
3. The 6 Sensory needs: light, sound, proprioception, smell, tactile,

level of interest.

5. What does Hebb’s study of the rats tell us?
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.