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Our Three Brain Needs

▪ A model to help children understand their needs.
▪ Having different groups of needs gives a shared language and makes it easier to work out what
might be at the root of problems.
Our ‘Body Needs’: the needs
we have for our body to feel ok -
our physical needs:

▪ Food & water
▪ Sleep & warmth
▪ Exercise & to be painfree
▪ The right amount of
sound, light, touch,
smell, taste and
movement. Our ‘Thinking &
Learning Needs ’ –

We need the right:
Our ‘Feeling Needs’: the needs we have
to feel emotionally ok: ▪ Speed of learning
▪ Amount of information and
▪ Feeling noticed, liked and valued. instructions
▪ Feeling in control of what is happening to us ▪ Type of learning to keep
▪ Knowing what to expect and feeling certain our interest
▪ Knowing what is expected of us ▪ Sort and length of tasks to
▪ Feeling we can do a good job of the task we have keep our attention
been given or chosen.

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