Page 30 - Course 4 Strengths & Skills Part 3 Brain Building

Brain Needs Answers
Brain Building Questions

1. The 3 main categories of needs are:
1. When does the brain start developing? When does it finish maturing?
➢ Physical (basic physical & sensory),

2. ➢ Emotional (People Around Me & World Around Me)
Why are early experiences so important for brain building?

➢ Learning needs (the fancy term being Executive Function Skills) and
What are cells in the brain called?
3. the six related skills (Control Centre Skills 2).

4. What happens when we think, say or do anything?
2. The 6 Physical needs: water, food, sleep, pain free, right

temperature, physical exercise (feeling fit).
5. What happens to the brain when we learn and practice something? (Describe the process of
brain building).
3. The 6 Sensory needs: light, sound, proprioception, smell, tactile,

6. level of interest.
As we get better at things and find them easier, what is happening in the brain?

4. The 6 People Around Me needs: cared for and supported by adults;
At what age can we build new neural pathways?
7.
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
8. What stories / studies could you use to explain how experiences
listened to and understood.
shape the brain?