AID Model:
Fight against emotional dysregulation by collecting your thoughts in a clear and concise way.
Give feedback at a more constructive time.
Use this tool to clear your mind, collect your thoughts and provide clean and constructive feedback.
AID is a simple feedback model to create structure around feedback using an easy to remember acronym.
AID = Action, Impact, Desired change
Action:
What is the action or event that you want to discuss, use specific facts without interpretation.
– What is the scenario?
– What are the facts?
– What did you see?
Impact:
Describe the impact as a result of the action, use only facts and try to limit interpretation. This could be either a positive impact or negative impact but be specific.
– That was the impact?
– Who was affected?
– what is the evidence of the impact?
Desired Change:
Remember that you are trying to be constructive with your feedback, whether positive or negative make it count. Describe the change you would like to see in specific detail.
– What is the change you want to see?
– keep it specific and narrow, don’t try to boil the ocean.
– Make the desired change tangible and achievable
By using this model you can avoid the emotional regulation trap of accusation and assumption that can spiral a conversation away from fact and into emotion.
ADHD and other neurodivergent traits can cause havoc for emotional regulation in relationships, whether at work or in our personal lives. Simple tools can help keep things on track and constructive.
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