Contexts when it is appropriate for a child to seek change
- When choosing to focus on speed and novelty
- When choosing to meet new people
- When choosing to explore new experiences, opportunities and ideas
For example,
- Working at pace – scanning, skimming, note taking
- Setting aspirant goals and targets
- Relaxing and allowing their mind to wander
- Purposefully doing something to take their mind off something else
- Doing something, even though the outcome is unpredictable
- Taking opportunities and considered risks
- Stopping something that isn’t working and starting again
- Being creative
- Working with new and unfamiliar materials and approaches
- Thinking of an alternative approach to doing something
- Taking on a new responsibility
- Having a go at a new activity or skill
- Working with different people
- Introducing themselves to someone new
Contexts when it is appropriate for a child to limit change
- When choosing to focus on detail and precision
- When choosing to build consistent and sustained friendships
- When choosing to resist new experiences, opportunities and ideas
For example,
- Withdrawing from a situation which leaves them feeling unsettled or uneasy
- Withdrawing from a situation which although exciting suggests danger or risk
- Developing consistent routines and habits e.g. making bed, packing back the night before
- Checking work conscientiously
- Sticking to set methods and procedures in learning tasks, not cutting corners
- Listening carefully and checking they know what to do
- Focusing, not being distracted
- Persevering, not giving up
- Being cautious when presented with a new idea or approach
- Developing an idea to a deeper level
- Having fewer but more consistent relationships
- Committing to friendships and working through conflict