This strategy is about scaffolding the student to use a range of strategies that can help them focus. The student will create a box of tricks full of ideas, which they can then choose from to help with the task that they need to achieve in class
The children flex is designed for may need different things to help at different times, and often something will work for a short time and then stop being useful, so a new idea will be needed - and quickly! The box of tricks is a way to put these ideas in one place
Stage 1: Make the box of tricks
Stage 2. Use the box of tricks in the class