Student Highlight.
Kya's Challenges
Flexibility Solutions
Kya had difficulty transitioning to different tasks and situations. She shared that it made her uncomfortable when transitions were abrupt, and she would get very upset.
The Cerebrate lessons My Transitions and Transition Tools helped Kya learn flexibility strategies. Kya worked to identify what factors make her upset when transitioning and how she can reduce the negative feelings she experiences. She reviewed different strategies for making more successful transitions to see which ones might help her. She practiced making transitions and paired each transition with a positive action, and she discussed how this created a positive connection when she needed to transition. Finally, she created a plan for making her daily transitions with less upset and frustration.
Prior to completing the Cerebrate lessons, transitions were very challenging for Kya. After learning and practicing new strategies to handle situations differently, she can associate transition times with positive actions. She can also use strategies she has learned to create more peaceful transitions throughout her days.
Task Initiation Solution
Kya struggled to begin her work. She explained that when she starts her work, sometimes she begins to feel panicked and overwhelmed.
The Cerebrate lessons Get Started helped Kya learn strategies to stop procrastinating. She journaled about how she began to feel panic when she needed to start her work, and she identified ways to decrease these feelings and get calm enough to begin. She shared how the overwhelming feelings keep her from doing her work, and she learned how to break down larger assignments in the lesson Task Chunking. She realized how creating smaller steps made her feel calmer, and she shared that she was even able to teach her brother how to use task chunking to prepare for finals.
At first, Kya had a really challenging time starting her work because it was overwhelming to her. After learning to chunk her assignments and stop procrastinating, she is able to get started on her work and finish on time.
Planning Solution
Kya struggled to manage her work and accomplish long-term goals. She mentioned that she struggled to come up with a system that worked for her.
Kya completed the Cerebrate lessons Routines and My Habit Goal to help her better plan out her workload. She decided to use a planner to keep track of the work that she needed to be doing, and she learned the importance of opening her planner every time she started homework so that it would become a habit. The lesson SMART Goals helped her start using a process to track her progress on the larger goals that she set for herself. Kya expressed that she was getting overwhelmed with the list of work in her planner, and she created a system to organize and prioritize what assignments should be done first.
Initially, Kya was unable to manage her workload and effectively organize her tasks. After learning to use her planner, prioritize her work and create SMART goals for herself, she has developed a habit of using her planner every day to keep track of her assignments and upcoming due dates. Kya can now track her goals and analyze the progress that she has made.
