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🧸 What I Need
Welcome to the Adult Interpretation Guide
A gentle guide for noticing, understanding, and responding with care.
This guide is here to gently support your understanding of the choices a child might make in the What I Need toolkit. Each category reflects different kinds of needs — from grounding and connection to comfort, movement, space, or support.
You don’t need to interpret perfectly — just notice, reflect, and respond with warmth.
This guide is here to support you, not to judge or correct.
Explore Each Category
Understanding the Categories
🧸 Sensory
Gentle, grounding moments that helped the world feel safer
🎈 Connection
Warm, playful sparks from being near someone kind or familiar
🛏️ Comfort
Heavy, stormy feelings that needed rest, or quiet holding
🎠 Movement
Wobbly feelings that asked for motion, or gentle release
🏔️ Space
Fluttery feelings that came with trying something new
🧷 Support
Knotted, swirling feelings that needed help to understand