Processing
What is Processing speed?
Processing speed is how quickly our brains take in information, make sense of it, and begin to respond to that information.
What is mental flexibility?
Flexibility is the ability to take in and apply new ideas.
What does it mean to "not get it"?
Sometimes life comes at us fast and, despite our best efforts, our funnels get full and overflow. If we are not careful in these moments, information can pass us by. Going back to the funnel analogy, when more goes in than the funnel can allow,it rolls over the side, never making it into the brain.
What did we do to learn about creating a process?
Ball passing game
What are some challenges a lower processing speed may create? (Name at least 3)
feeling overwhelmed, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, poor academic performance, substance use, etc.
What two things are the opposites of mental flexibility?
Rigidity and fixations are the opposite of flexibility and terms you may hear in reference to processing speed.
What is an clarifying question? Give and example.
Questions asked to ensure understanding of a statement, concept, or situation, often when something is unclear or ambiguous
Why is creating a process or structure beneficial?
Creating rules, roles, and predictability help the mind to feel at ease and make success a possibility.
Describe the processing funnel.
Think of your brain as a funnel. Water goes in the top and comes out the bottom. Sensory data going into the funnel (e.g., sights, sounds, stressors, etc) is not processed efficiently. Like a funnel being filled up too quickly, a processing student’s brain can overflow with too much stimulation. This overflowing looks like shutting down, isolating, getting angry, being oppositional, and getting stuck in rigid thinking.
When someone gets so focussed on seeing things their own way that they are unable to see others perspectives or take in new ideas.
What are social cues? List at least 3 examples.
Cues could be a wide range of things like: facial expressions, body language, timing of comments, tone and volume of voice and choice of words.
What are some examples of environmental process/structure?
Telos rules, laws, traffic signs, gravity, etc.
What country was Magnus from?
Norway
What is a fixation?
Single ideas that enter the mind and become temporary obsessions. Thoughts such as “I need this right now” or “If it’s not (insert hobby) I don’t want to do it” are both examples of fixations.
What does it mean to miss a social cue and how can we help ourselves not miss social cues?
any different cues may be coming at us all at once, sometimes leaving us at a loss for how to respond or interact effectively. By remembering to slow things down for ourselves we can utilize the Socializing skills to engage effectively with others. **Ask for some specific skills or tools the students might use to effectively manage social interactions**
What are some examples of personal processes you have for yourself?
Hygiene, eating, completing school work, etc. *May be different for each student but ask them to be specific*
What are the 7 EF skills that often help those with slower processing speed?
What is a talking stick and describe how you would do a talking stick with someone else?
Person A: Expresses their concerns. Focus on your own emotions and needs, not the actions of the other person.
Person B: Listen and reflect back what you’ve heard.
Person A: Acknowledge you’ve been heard
Now repeat the process by switching roles. Continue until both sides feel heard.
Once both parties have been heard, discuss a solution where both parties feel satisfied.
What are the 4 different types of questions we went over?
Clarifying, probing, generative, and exploratory.
What are the Covey Squares?
A framework for prioritizing tasks based on their urgency and importance. The matrix divides activities into four quadrants: Urgent and Important, Important but Not Urgent, Urgent but Not Important, and Neither Urgent nor Important.