Helping students explain their fatigue at school.
Fatigue is easy to miss in a classroom and easy to mistake for something else. Take Charge! gives a young person the words for what fatigue is like for them, what helps, and what they want their teachers to know.
What Take Charge! is
A digital learning experience for children and young people aged 5 to 19 who live with fatigue. A young person works through the stages at their own pace and finishes with My Power Bank, a one-page summary they can share with the adults around them.
The page you are reading is still being written. The guidance, activities and downloads for educators are being developed with teachers and will appear here before the pilot.
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What a Power Bank tells you
A student's Power Bank describes their own fatigue in their own words. It is a communication tool, not an assessment.
What fatigue is like for them
The types of fatigue they notice, and how it shows up in a school day.
What the warning signs are
What a teacher might see before the student says anything.
What helps
The adjustments and strategies they have found useful, in their own words.
Resources for educators
Being written now. Each will be downloadable from this page and from the resource library.
Practical guide
Recognising fatigue at school, responding consistently, and using a student's Power Bank in planning conversations.
Class battery activity
A short classroom activity using the battery idea, so a whole class can talk about energy without singling anyone out.
Poster
A printable reminder of the types of fatigue and what helps, for a staff room or classroom wall.
Working with a student who uses Take Charge!?
Ask them what is in their Power Bank rather than asking for it. It belongs to the young person, and they choose what to share and with whom.
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