Page 16 - Strength Based Approach to Control Centre Skills Booklet

Why do some people find Control Centre

Skills harder than other people?

2. Not having the right experiences to create

strong brain pathways:

New pathways are built in children’s brains when they

spend time talking, listening, reading stories, visiting new

places and enjoying activities such as jigsaw puzzles,

painting, games and sports.

Some children do not get the help they need to build the

pathways in their Control Centre.

This then means they find some of the Control Centre

Skills like focusing attention and thinking flexibly MUCH

harder.

But it’s never too late!

If you practise these skills

now, you can build new

pathways.