If they are lagging in social skills, you may find your child seeking attention in inappropriate ways or having a difficulty paying attention to social cues. If your child is lagging in language processing skills then they may experience a difficulty in following conversations or expressing their needs.

Some of the lagging skills identified through the ALSUP include: Difficulty handling transitions, shifting from one mindset or task to another. Difficulty maintaining focus. Difficulty deviating from rules, routine. Difficulty attending to or accurately interpreting social cues/poor perception of social nuances.

The primary CPS lagging skills include executive function (e.g. limited working memory, poor impulse control), emotion regulation (e.g. emotional reactivity, chronic irritability and/or anxiety), language (e.g. limited expressive language, difficulty with language processing), and social skills (e.g. poor perception of ...

Lagging skills are the reasons that a child is having difficulty meeting these expectations or responding adaptively to these triggers. • Take a guess at which specific lagging skills are contributing by looking at the list of triggers/expectations, and referring to the Thinking Skills Inventory on the following pages.

The primary CPS lagging skills include executive function (e.g. limited working memory, poor impulse control), emotion regulation (e.g. emotional reactivity, chronic irritability and/or anxiety), language (e.g. limited expressive language, difficulty with language processing), and social skills (e.g. poor perception of ...

The Assessment of Lagging Skills and Unsolved Problems (ALSUP) is a discussion guide created to assist caregivers in identifying a child's lagging skills and unsolved problems.