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Attention and self-regulation

Attention and self-regulation

Attention and self-regulation

Recommendations on how to support students who struggle with attention and self-regulation.

For individual pupils

Reducing competing distractions without singling pupils out

Teaching pause-and-check routines for inhibitory control

Using active responses to sustain attention

Using work blocks and planned movement breaks to support attention

For the whole class

Building thinking time and response control

Structuring lessons to support sustained attention

For a small group

Using planned movement breaks to support sustained attention

Using task-specific checks to support self-regulation

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