Cognitive Difference: Cognitive Inflexibility and Impulsivity

Emotional and Mental Health | Guide | Physical Wellbeing

This guide provides an overview of cognitive difference, particularly how cognitive inflexibility and impulsivity might present themselves in children with intellectual disabilities. It also offers potential support strategies for parents for difficult behaviours that may arise from cognitive difference.

 

Cognitive Differences: Inflexibility and Impulsivity - Guide for Parents
First published 2021. This edition 2025. Review date 2028

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