Affirmative activities are activities that keep the person happily occupied. Allow the person to use their mental abilities builds a positive sense of who they are. Within ACL 5 High, the person can access information from their long-term memory. This information, which lasts indefinitely, allows the person to make improvements to their previous actions. Simpler less demanding activities have a calming effect on the person whereas more demanding activities that uses the person's best ability to function makes the person more alert and encourages maximum task engagement.

Typing is a skill which someone functioning within ACL 5 High can figure out on their own. If typing skill is a novel skill, they understand that they can learn how to improve their skills through training and practice. One example of a typing program (beginner packages are free) is https://www.typingclub.com. The person will value improving their typing skills as they understand secondary consequences like improving their employment skills.

What are some stress management strategies which you like to use?

Some people may prefer to use deep breathing techniques, touch something soft and relaxing, smell a favorite scent or go for a walk. Choose a method that works for you.

What are some polite phrases that you like to use to show you have good manners?

Good listening and speaking skills are needed to have a conversation.

What are some of open ended questions you can ask a new acquaintance to start a conversation?

A person functioning within ACL 5 High can form their own plan on how to be assertive. Being assertive is communicating our needs without hurting someone else's feelings or infringing on their rights. How do you communicate your feelings without offending the other person?

As information is stored in the person's long-term memory spontaneously, the person can figure out how to complete new activities using concrete objects by following written instructions or hints and prompts. Step by step instructions may no longer be required. Just the overarching principal is required by the person to form their own individual plan of action.

A demonstration is not required for the person functioning within ACL 5 High to learn a new skill. Within ACL 5.6, the person will need a prompt or hint to form a mental picture from the instructions. Within ACL 5.8 the person can follow written instructions with diagrams in order to form a mental image of what they need to do.

In ACL 5 High, training becomes easier as information is stored their long-term memory. Re-learning is however still harder as they need to inhibit the old habits or procedural memory. With a physical disability, new techniques and equipment maybe required to maximize the person's independence. Within ACL 5 High, the person does recognize the benefits of using physical aids and equipment.

Abstract cues are common but are often ignored by people within ACL 5 High. Hints and verbal explanations of such cues may also be ignored. Make use of an authoritarian instructions such as "this is the Dr's orders" or "these are the house rules". Abstract cues are intangible and include unseen things like the feelings of other people. Unseen forces such as electricity, chemical reactions and heat which should be paid to attention maybe ignored with their negative consequences like electrocution, poisoning and fire risks.