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Attention Star
For attention, learning and behaviour
Who is the Attention Star for?
The Attention Star has been developed for use with children and young people aged between 5 and 18, who have difficulty paying attention, learning and/or with their behaviour at school or in other situations, whether or not they have a particular diagnosis.
The Attention Star helps children and young people and the services supporting them identify progress towards key outcomes like school and learning, routines, attention and organisation, family and friends.
- Do you also work with adults with ADHD in your service?
Because adults and young people have such different needs when managing their ADHD, we’ve also developed the ADHD Star specifically for services working with adults. If your service works with both adults and young people, your Outcomes Star licence will give you access to both the ADHD Star and the Attention Star, as well as full training and support in implementing them both.
Using the Outcomes Star approach
The Attention Star is designed to be used as part of the Outcomes Star approach. That’s why we provide essential training and ongoing support to all licenced practitioners, so you can embed the Outcomes Star approach in your practice.
How does the Attention Star work?
The Attention Star covers eight key outcome areas that are essential to helping children and young people in their daily life, and assesses their progress towards each following a five-stage Journey of Change.
You and the children and young people you support will fill out the Star together, and use it to better identify where their strengths lie and where they might need more help, and to make plans for moving forward along the journey.
Outcome areas
School and learning
Your routine
Family
Friends
Being healthy
How you feel
How you behave
Attention and organisation
The Journey of Change
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Getting help
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Trying things out
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Finding what works
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Managing well
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Always rooted in expertise and experience
The Attention Star was developed by Triangle with Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust, and in particular consultant clinical psychologist Richard Gilham and Dr Anastasia Bem.
An updated 2nd Edition was published in 2018, removing specific references to a diagnosis of ADHD and making the resources and language more child-friendly.
