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We can find helpful and less helpful ways to turn
these chemicals on:
Helpful Unhelpful
▪ Starting a new hobby ▪ Trying to win in in a way that isn’t good
▪ Knowing what you want to get good at for others e.g. tackling badly in football
▪ Planning a goal e.g. to be able to swim ▪ Taking other people’s stuff
a specific distance or play a tune. ▪ Doing things that are unsafe or risky
▪ Joining a sports, music or interest club ▪ Being in a ‘gang’ that gets involved in
▪ Inviting someone you like to do things that aren’t good for others
something you like doing. ▪ Joining in with teasing or bullying
▪ Keeping in touch with old friends against someone else
▪ Entering a competition ▪ Trying to win against someone in a way
▪ Auditioning for a part which makes them feel bad
▪ Asking for a special job within the school ▪ Boasting about being better than others
▪ Helping at a club for younger children ▪ Forcing others to do what you want
▪ Joining a sports or dance club ▪ Doing things that are fun but unsafe or
▪ Going for a run risky
▪ Asking for Sensory Circuit time ▪ Exercising so much it causes damage to
▪ Joining a drumming group or band your body
