Teaching Situation Awareness Is Teaching Safety Awareness

We have to use what i call purposeful recognition and praise to help them specifically understand what they did well with in social situations. Empty praise is things that require effort, resiliency, flexibility,. getting through uncomfortable trying new things, and giving really specific praise about it. Do expect inconsistency in your child's executive function skills. And do defensiveness if you try to help children improve without an executive function education on the topic.