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Help children to understand when their strengths are


       helpful and not so helpful






                                 Rigidity is helpful when:                                                          Flexibility is helpful when:
                                 ▪   Staying determined to finish a job                                             ▪   Needing to think through different
                                 ▪   Staying loyal to a cause or person                                                 ways to solve a problem

                                 ▪   Saying no when under pressure to do                                            ▪   Thinking things through from different
                                     something unhelpful or dangerous                                                   perspectives
                                 ▪   Exploring a topic in depth                                                     ▪   Compromising so all in the group feel
                                 ▪   Pursuing an interest with single focus                                             ok

                                     and passion - becoming an expert                                               ▪   Managing a change to what was
                                                                                                                        expected
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