Have a healthy interest in people (including peers)

Understand boundaries and use social filters (e.g., know what to say to who and when)

Develop and maintain relationships/friendships

Connect face-to-face and online

Initiate appropriately to request, comment, protesting, getting attention, etc

Know when to interrupt and stop talking (e.g., avoid blurting and monologuing)

Share and take turns to maintain play and conversation

Understand how their actions impact others

Be flexible around other’s ideas to adapt around working/playing in a group

Understand social norms (i.e., what is expected and/or unexpected in different situations)

Understand that others have thoughts and feelings that can be different from their own

Sustain attention on activities/tasks, especially when it gets tough/boring

Remain engaged around difficult or uncomfortable situations (without getting overly anxious or avoidant)

Calm down and soothe himself

Minimise sudden outbursts or explosive emotional reactions

Avoid frequent or prolonged temper tantrums

Take ‘No’ for an answer

Recover from rejection or failure

Adapt to a range of:
Sounds (e.g., loud sounds)
Sights (e.g., busy places)
Textures (e.g., rough, wet, sticky)
Smells

Pretend and share their imagination

Express imagination through play or writing

Engage in wishful thinking

Understand and role-play different characters

Take different points of view

Solve problems from different perspectives

Think critically, reason, and present logical solutions

Read between the lines

Organise, plan and execute ideas logically within a conversation or play

Blend and split up sounds in words

Read, print, and spell well

Babble and make sounds in first year of life (for infants/toddlers)

Point or gesture

Imitate actions, gestures and/or words consistently

Understand gestures and/or words consistently

Express needs, wants, intentions, ideas to others

Follow directions consistently

Answer or ask questions appropriately

Tell stories or recount experiences logically

Write a well-sequenced story

Understand and use concepts and descriptive words

Understand indirect language (e.g., jokes, sarcasm, metaphors)

Be understood by less familiar people

Pronounce specific sounds accurately

Speak without repeating or getting stuck on sounds or words (i.e., stuttering)

Join during meal times

Try new foods willingly

Finish their meal within a reasonable time

Eat a variety of food (e.g. foods of different textures or food groups)

Coordinate during eating and drinking to minimise spills and mess