Timing of intervention: Facilitators pace all activity in collaboration with each participant based on a youth’s abilities and decisions about participation throughout the entire process. Any time a youth is unable to focus, session plan activity is suspended until the youth can competently participate again. This may occur briefly during a session, or may require suspension of one or more sessions.

Session activities a participant chooses: Youth are always invited to participate in ways that best meet their needs within the range of choices between the workbook, multi-sensory activities, and sex education. It doesn’t matter whether a youth does the workbook on their own time, individually during sessions, or in collaboration with the facilitator during sessions.

Additionally, youth may, or may not participate in multi-sensory activities during sessions. If they are not interested during a specific session, they are welcome to do so at a later time. It doesn’t matter if they want to do an activity not designated in a specific Session Plan. Facilitators are encouraged to facilitate the activity a youth wants to do and wait to proceed to the next Session Plan. Participants may also repeat any activities whenever they want to.

Intensity of focus: While youth have choices among activities, collaboration between a facilitator and participant indicate the depth in which each one is addressed. Youth should never be required, pressured, or coerced into participation.

Number of activities: Youth make this decision based on personal interest and motivation.