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Fill Cups ‘Just right’



               To be at our best, our cups of need should be ‘just right’ – full, but not overflowing. Think Goldilocks!

















                                                                                                                                    The task is
                   I feel                      I feel                   I feel cared               I feel capable,               interesting. It is
              comfortable.                 comfortable.                      for.                  certain and in              the right challenge,
                                                                      I feel I count.                  control                  quantity and pace

               My body feels               I have the right                                                                           for me.
                   good.                  amount of sensory            I feel people like         I feel I can do some          I can make sense of
                                          input for my body                  me.                  things really well and            the learning.
              I’m not hungry or               to feel ok.                                        when it’s hard for me,
               thirsty and my                                          I feel listened to        I feel I can get better.       I am being given the
                 body feels                The light, smell             and noticed in                                            right amount of
              comfortable and              and sound levels           ways that make me             I feel a sense of           information in a way
                  painfree.                 are ok for me.                feel good.               control over what is         I can remember well
                                                                                                    happening to me.
                                           The amount of              I feel cared for and                                         and keeps me
              I feel healthy and           movement is ok                                        I feel sure of what will           interested.
               full of energy.                                          an important,
                                            and nothing is            valued part of the           be happening and
                                                                                                                                   The speed of
                                          bothering my skin.                group.                 what is expected of          information is ok for
                                                                                                          me
                                                                                                                                        me.









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